Traffic growth completely overloaded facilities in and near the town center, creating an urgent need for expansion and modernization. The Tröndlinring was greatly widened and a four-track terminal facility was built at Friedrich-Engels-Platz (Goerdelerring). Various segments in other locations were modernized, but some extremities fell victim to the "red pencil" because of losses and were replaced by motorbus. From 1 January 1970, the undertaking was renamed "VEB Kombinat Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Leipzig (LVB)" ("People's Collective Enterprise 'Transport Services of Leipzig City'").