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A major source of air pollution in many European cities comes from heavy duty vehicles (HDV). Yet, HDV are often seen as a necessity for the functioning of the local economy. As the City of Leipzig wants to keep its streets free from HDV in order to increase the quality of life for its citizens, to avoid congestion and to promote the usage of freight transport by train while at the same time promoting the local economy, a freight transport centre (“Güterverkehrszentrum”) has been established (see photo).

The centre has already proven its function as driving force for the realisation of the strategy to avoid HDV within the city perimeters. The centre is very well located – next to the container terminal at Wahren, the freeways (Autobahn) A9 and A14 and close by the Halle/Leipzig Airport – and thus has become a central hub for freight transport for the entire region of the Middle Germany.

On an area of 150 ha, 80 businesses are located (grocery distribution centres, a post distribution centre and several transport companies. The centre is today a logistic knot in close distance to all means of transport and with short distances between supplier, processing industries, transport companies and consume, hence facilitating strategic co-operations between different businesses, f. ex. in the organisation of transports. The area development plan foresees an additional area of 125 ha (of which 50 ha are already connected to basic infrastructures) for the expansion of the centre which thus can provide a perspective of long-term growth.

Photo: The freight transport centre is also in close neighbourhood to the Porsche factory and its test-drive area.

Last Updated

13th January 2005