Questão jurídica principal
Whether the original applicants were entitled to appeal to the Verwaltungsgericht despite not having been parties in the departmental complaint proceedings.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Persons who initiated the first-instance request for traffic measures have standing to appeal the later decision annulling those measures, even if they were not admitted to the departmental proceedings.
Fundamentação extraída
The applicants had a legally relevant interest in the traffic arrangement affecting access and use of the road. The lack of participation below did not bar appeal because they were wrongly denied participation; standing is not limited to persons already heard by the reviewing authority.