A Long Term Mainz Project

Occasionally, you'll see a project starting up in Germany and you know it's a decade-long project.....with huge implications.

The Mainz harbor project is one of those type projects.

If you gaze at a map.....about a mile east of the Schiersteiner Bridge area.....there's the old harbor which is under renovation.

The plan, which is years away from completion....will eventually put around 1,400 apartments along the riverfront, and probably attract somewhere around 4,000 potential jobs (at least they say that, but maybe it's just small operations moving from one side of the city to the other side).

Right now....other than one of the original warehouse buildings standing.....the rest of the area is flat and under structural changes.  A decade from now?  This will be a highly active part of town, with buses and a probable trolley-car operation.