Stock Photo - 19 March 2019, Brandenburg, Klein Oßnig: Despite a ban on transit traffic by lorries on the closed Bundesstraße 169, lorries with foreign license plates pass through the town south of Cottbus. According to the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), the closure of the B 169 for lorry transit traffic between Cottbus and Schwarzheide will be expensive for the regional economy. The IHK has calculated that additional costs of around ten million euros would be incurred every year. According to the study, the longer distance of at least 33 kilometres over the motorway results in additional costs, which are associated with higher fuel consumption and a higher truck toll. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Klein Oßnig/Brandenburg/Germany