Prof. Bryan Adey emphasizes the importance of investing in infrastructure
Prof. Bryan Adey, Chair of Infrastructure Management at ETH Zurich, emphasizes the importance of investing in infrastructure in an article in FOCUS Magazin.
The article “Schrott-Republik Deutschland? Wie wir unser Land schneller und günstiger sanieren” by Peter Steinkirchner in the German FOCUS magazine 30/2024 sheds light on the challenges of Germany's ailing infrastructure and the efforts to modernize it through extensive renovations and new construction. Examples such as the general refurbishment of the Riedbahn and the challenges of highway bridges are used to illustrate the urgent need for investment.
In the article, Prof. Bryan T. Adey, from the Chair of Infrastructure Management at ETH Zurich, emphasizes the decisive role of infrastructure investments for the success of a country. He explains that in Switzerland, the parliament has recognized that spending on infrastructure is of central importance in order to minimize long-term risks. This realization must also be more firmly anchored in Germany. In the article, Prof. Adey warns that falling short of a minimum investment level could go unnoticed in the short term, but would cause considerable problems in the long term.
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