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Homeowners on a street in Germany have been told they must foot the bill for their road's construction - even though it's been there for nearly 80 years.
[...] The bills included a conversion from the Nazi-era Reichsmark currency into euros for the original road surface, first laid in 1937, which is being dubbed "Hitler asphalt" by the German media. The figures were also adjusted for inflation.
While homeowners were perplexed, a court has now confirmed that they must cough up the cash. It determined that while construction began in the 1930s, the road was only officially completed in 2009 when pavements were added. For the intervening period it was considered to be under development.
[...] According to Die Welt, the council says people weren't required to contribute towards road construction under the Third Reich, so the costs are simply being billed now. The court agreed, saying that the length of time involved doesn't matter. "There is no statute of limitations in relation to the construction work," says Franziska Hoette, a judge at Dusseldorf's Administrative Court.
Source: BBC News
(Score: 2) by tibman on Monday August 01 2016, @02:00AM
Someone would start hammering it apart and dumping truck loads of road bits right in front of city hall. "Here then, have it back."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @03:19AM
As a Texan, that doesn't sound like a bad idea for the Germans to do. Anyone that had anything to do with building the road is dead or retired, so let them go all Cars (movie) on the road and let the local council decide what to do to make the road right again. Or just leave it be as dirt.