Photo de stock - 18 July 2023, Brandenburg, Lübbenau: Uwe Pielenz (l-r) from the ""Drüber oder Drunter"" citizens' initiative, Sigurd Heinze, District Administrator of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, Guido Beermann, Minister for Infrastructure and State Planning of the state of Brandenburg, Alexander Kaczmarek, Group Representative for the states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Helmut Wenzel, Mayor of Lübbenau, and Manfred Morse, citizens' initiative, stand at the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the project to abolish four inner-city railroad crossings in Lübbenau by 2027 and symbolically cut a barrier. The Lübbenau citizens' initiative ""Drüber oder Drunter"" has been fighting for this project since 2007. Currently, there is a barrier time of about 30 minutes per hour in Lübbenau; with the commissioning of a second track, this time will increase to about 40 minutes. Photo: Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa. - Lübbenau/Brandenburg/Germany