Extension of A49 highway - Hearing on enforcing penalty for controversy causing expenses
A woman is taking her case to the Administrative Court in Gießen this Friday concerning a cost order related to protests against the extension of Autobahn 49. During the autumn and winter of 2020/2021, activists spoke out against the cutting down of trees in the Dannenröder Forest near Homberg/Ohm (Vogelsbergkreis) and other wooded areas. Some protesters set up camp on elevated platforms - monopods or tripods - and were forcibly removed by police on several occasions. The woman in question is claimed to have been taken down by police from a monopod and expelled from the exclusion zone in December 2020. Costs were incurred in relation to this incident.
However, the woman has argued in court that she was not the protester who was taken down from the monopod. Therefore, an anthropological examination was requested by the court. It has been confirmed that both the examiner and a witness will be attending the oral hearing.
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- Despite the woman's assertion that she wasn't the protester removed from the monopod, traffic on the A49 highway was disrupted multiple times due to the protests against the forest's tree cutting, resulting in significant expenses for the local authorities.
- The Administrative Court in Hesse will have to consider not only the woman's claim of identity but also the question of justice, as the penalty for causing costs during the protests on Autobahn 49's extension should be fairly allocated.
- There has been ongoing controversy surrounding the extension of Freeway A49, which now reaches the Administrative Court in Gießen, with the woman's case serving as a critical test of the administrative processes and the rule of law.
