The city said the correction had nothing to do with reports that the turning circle looked slanted and added that it would still appear tilted even after the corrections had been made. It is the orientation of the terrain that is faulted for causing the problem. The roads that go to the Rhine are one meter lower than the ones on the opposite side. If one were to build a circle that is optically straight, “one would have to raise the streets by several meters,” said the city press office.

So what was the problem with the newly laid turning circle? The height of the inner surface of the roundabout was not properly aligned with the other areas. This means that the interior had to be renewed - at the cost of the construction company, not the city.

Because of the corrective work, the completion date for the project has been set back a couple weeks but there is still some time to catch up. Initially, the work was expected to be finished in June. The roundabout, when finished, will connect Ubier-, Rhein-, Konstantin-, Karl-Finkelnburg- and Rüngsdorfer Straße.

Orig. text: Ayla Jacob