Defective district heating pipeline: Krefelder Straße remains closed to traffic heading into the city
Krefelder Straße will remain closed heading toward the city center on Monday, November 9, following a break in a district heating pipeline. On Thursday evening around 8 p.m., steam rose from the road surface of Krefelder Straße, roughly near the Tivoli Stadium. According to Regionetz, the cause was damage to a district heating pipeline. The police subsequently closed the street to traffic heading toward the city center.
The damaged section was repaired immediately, according to a Regionetz statement released Friday at noon. “This temporary solution is intended to restore operational safety and ensure the heat supply until the pipeline is permanently repaired.”
In a statement issued Monday afternoon, November 9, Regionetz announced that the district heating pipeline must be replaced. The closure of Krefelder Straße between Albert-Servais-Allee and Gut Wolf will therefore remain in effect beyond today, Monday. “Regionetz is currently assessing the exact scope of the work and coordinating the next steps. The goal is to replace the pipeline as quickly as possible and lift the closure as soon as possible.” A specific date for when the closure can be lifted has not yet been determined.
Krefelder Straße remains closed at the intersection with Albert-Servais-Allee in the direction of downtown. Drivers are being rerouted via the adjacent roundabout back onto Krefelder Straße toward the highway. There is no direct detour toward downtown. The police are asking drivers to avoid the area entirely. As a result, there was heavier-than-usual traffic on Soerser Weg and Prager Ring on Monday morning.
Bus service is also affected by the closure: ASEAG lines 30, 51, X51, and N9 will be rerouted between the Eulershof and Alter Tivoli stops via Prager Ring, Grüner Weg, and Am Gut Wolf. The Sportpark Soers stop in the direction of Aachen Bushof/Bastei will be omitted without replacement for buses coming from Würselen. For the first runs of Line 51, the Sportpark Soers stop will be served instead.
For the Eulershof stop in the direction of Aachen Bushof, a temporary stop will be set up on Prager Ring, behind the intersection with Gut-Dämme-Straße. Due to time constraints, stops along the detour route will not be served.
Sources: Regionetz, ASEAG, and the police
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