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scheduled to be completed by 1974, have tied up personnel and materials at the expense of the rest of the classified road system.

Construction and maintenance activities are controlled by the Administration for Road Transport under the Ministry for Transport. The Administration, through road construction and maintenance units located in various sections of the country, maintains direct control over major roads and exercises indirect control over other roads by regulating the allocation of funds to districts and municipalities.

E. Inland waterways (S)

The well-developed East German inland-waterway network, which includes the waterways of West Berlin, is a major means of long-haul bulk-commodity supply and distribution for basic industries. The waterways accommodate intensive domestic and international traffic, especially West German transit traffic in the supply of West Berlin. The network has a total navigable length of 1,640 miles. Over 90% of all shipping is accommodated by 24 major waterways affording about 1,040 miles of principal navigation on the following three individual routes and dam systems:

The Elbe and the Oder are interconnected by cross-country waterways, which converge on the Berlin area—the city is served by nine major routes (Figure 4). The waterways provide direct connections to West Germany via the Elbe and the Mittelland Kanal, to Poland via the Oder, the Oder-Havel Kanal, and the Oder-Spree Kanal, and to Czechoslovakia via the Elbe. The only significant waterway cross from the interior to maritime routes is via the Elbe to

'''FIGURE 4. Inland waterways in Berlin (C)'''

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