2026年、ドイツ・ヘッセン州フィルマーで、工業団地の進入路を誤り、大型トラックが村の中を通らざるを得なくなった。2026 — In Villmar, Germany, an industrial estate's access road was got wrong, so heavy trucks must drive through the village.

At a new industrial estate in Villmar, Hesse, an error was found in the planning of the access road. Because of it, heavy trucks entering and leaving the estate must drive through the centre of the neighbouring village.

Each entrance can be used in one direction only. Trucks bound south for the motorway can only turn right, ending up in Villmar's narrow centre. Trucks coming from the north cannot enter the estate directly either, and must drive three kilometres south to turn around and three kilometres back.

At first a 'trumpet-shaped' junction allowing turns in both directions had been planned, to reduce through-traffic in the village. But in 2023 the authority responsible for the state road, citing road safety, had it changed to a one-way access road. The effect on the village became clear only after it was built.

On top of that came a construction error by the contractor.

To fix it, the newly built access road is being dug up and rebuilt to allow turns in both directions. The cost is over 100,000 euros, of which about 60,000 is borne by the village and the rest by the former contractor who made the error. The state authority that demanded the one-way road bears none of it.

An official of that authority put it this way: 'With hindsight, you can always be wiser.'