Development and infrastructure

You can apply for permits to build offshore wind farms at the Federal Office for Maritime Affairs and Hydrography.

To lay telecommunications cables in public right-of-ways, you can apply to the Federal Network Agency to have right-of-way rights transferred to you. The city or municipality will then grant you permission to lay the telecommunications cables.

If you own a railway property that is no longer used for transportation and whose infrastructure will not be used in the long term, you may, under certain conditions, apply to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) to have the property released from its designated use. 

If you wish to construct or modify highways or federal roads under federal administration, you must obtain a permit from the Federal Highway Authority (FBA). 

If you are planning construction work on federal waterways, you must apply for planning approval from the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping (GWDS).

If you wish to construct, modify, or dismantle a federal railway facility, you must submit an application for your project to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA).

Are you interested in electricity grid expansion projects? Then you can obtain information and participate directly in various ways.

Are you interested in electricity grid expansion projects? Then you can obtain information and participate directly in various ways.

If you are setting up a company, you will find information here on the procedures, formalities and permits you need to observe.

As the owner or operator of a public utility network, use the Infrastructure Atlas portal (ISA Portal) to submit information about planned or ongoing construction work, thereby fulfilling any obligation you may have to provide such information.

If you notice a malfunction or damage to traffic signs or traffic equipment in your municipality, you can report it to the appropriate authority. In some municipalities, you can also submit a report through an online service.

If you notice damage to a road, you can report it to the responsible authority.

Damage to main roads and accompanying footpaths and cycle paths outside built-up areas should be reported to the State Road Construction Agency.

Damage to inner-city federal highways and accompanying cycle paths should be reported to the LfS. For damage to inner-city footpaths, please contact the relevant municipality.

Damage to rural roads and accompanying cycle paths should be reported to the LfS. Damage to inner-city footpaths should be reported to the responsible municipality. There are no district roads in Saarland.

If you are participating in a project to expand public utility networks, you can request access to the Infrastructure Atlas (ISA) to obtain information about network infrastructure in a given area in order to prepare for shared use.

As the owner or operator of a telecommunications line, you require the consent of the landowner to lay or modify this infrastructure. If the property is a public highway, you must submit the application to the responsible highway authority.

The Europe-wide Single Point of Contact network provides you with information on legal requirements and helps with the handling of procedures.

If you are a railway infrastructure company and wish to construct, upgrade, or renovate new railway facilities, you must obtain the appropriate commissioning permit from the Federal Railway Authority.

If you have any objections or comments regarding a planned modification or new construction of a highway or federal highway, or if you would like to submit them, you may file them with the agency responsible for the project as part of the planning approval process.

You may submit objections and comments regarding construction projects on federal waterways to the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS) as part of the planning approval process.