Almost 50 interested parties attended the information meeting on the construction project for the third interconnector on 24 January 2013, following an invitation by the Joint Berlin-Brandenburg Planning Department and the city of Eisenhüttenstadt. Brigitte Kubica of the competent department (Referat GL 5) of the Joint Berlin-Brandenburg Planning Department, first presented the legal background of the ongoing procedure. Until 14 February 2013, the documents were available for consultation at the offices of Eisenhüttenstadt, Schlaubetal and Brieskow-Finkenheerd, as well as the district of Oder-Spree.