As someone who has lived in Germany for quite awhile I continue to be amazed at the proliferation of road construction projects throughout the country that just seem to take eons to complete. One notable example is the autobahn from Mainz to Frankfurt. If my memory is correct large portions of that road have been under construction since 1999 with seemingly no end in sight. I also drove to Munich recently and passed through the 40 km construction zone on the autobahn from Stuttgart.

I thought maybe I would ask the Germany experts if anyone knows why the construction projects in the country take so long to complete. When I drive to Paris I travel on nice roads practically from the minute I hit France all the way to Paris, often with no slowdowns at all. When I lived and drove in London the roadworks on the M25 were performed at night and in quick fashion.

This isn't a rant, just something I think about often when I am stuck in a stau on my way to Frankfurt airport.