>>1060313Probably some dumb bureaucratic building requirement. The platform has to be slightly higher on one side than on the other, so it has to have steps and ramps in the middle. But since some people apparently are too stupid not to fall over and die if there's a 10cm/4" step in the middle of the platform, they had to place this fence and the little ramps every ten meters. I guess at least it's accessible this way.
Another issue is that access to the platform is on completely the wrong side. They should have built stairs and an escalator to the bridge you see in the distance on these pictures. From there, you would have direct access to the town center of Hausberge, as well as to Barkhausen and Holzhausen. Roughly 13 200 people live in those three localities.
Instead, you get direct access to a brothel and Neesen and Lerbeck, at about 5 600 inhabitants. If you wanna go anywhere near the town center, you have to go the long way around, walking over a large parking lot or right next to a highway.
