Report: Hamburg expands transport special fund to EUR 2.3bn

The transfer lifts the fund to about EUR 2.3 billion; besides rapid-transit expansion it is to finance major projects such as the new Köhlbrand crossing and the Western port extension. The Senate intends to raise the extra loans under the amended debt rule in Article 109 of the Basic Law.

On 21 October 2025 the Hamburg Senate decided to widen the existing rapid-transit expansion fund to cover other major transport projects, such as the Köhlbrand crossing and the Western port extension. The state parliament is asked to add another EUR 400 million in 2025, financed by loans under the relaxed state borrowing rules in the Basic Law, which would bring the fund to about EUR 2.3 billion. (LOK Report, 22 Oct 2025)