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Reading time: 7 mins
Dilapidated bridges, green bike paths and tunnels for the subway: Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer explains the city’s major construction sites, why it always takes so long there – and what the street signs have to do with the Ukraine war.
Interviewed by
Heiner Effern, Anna Hoben and Sebastian Krass
Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer has been in charge of the municipal building department since September 1, 2022, making her the head of more than 4,000 employees. She studied architecture with a focus on urban planning in Karlsruhe and Zurich. In 2014 she was elected head of the building department in Bremerhaven for a six-year term. The 54-year-old Ehbauer is a member of the Greens. In an interview with the SZ, she presents her main areas of work and touches on the small and also the very large construction sites in the city.
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