Delay on the A27 in the direction of Merwedebrug by checks – NU.nl

There are, however, still regularly trucks in the direction of the bridge. These are used by the police of the road taken. The left lane is therefore closed.

Around 9.30 am, there was still a delay, but this works out because people take a detour. According to the ANWB, drivers can the A27 are best to avoid. Motorists can detour via Den Bosch and Breda. Also there is the according to the traffic information service (VID).

During the evening rush hour Wednesday, ran the delay at the bridge for over two hours. At 21.30 hours, there were traffic jams, reports the VID. Also during the woensdagochtendspits came the traffic.

Video: Police gets truck of A27

Buses

bus Company Arriva has the schedule changed for the lines that are affected by the closure of the Merwedebrug. For travelers between Sleeuwijk and Gorinchem, are since Thursday morning, among other little pendelbusjes used to be about the bridge on the A27.

Travellers, who, from Brabant, with the bus on our way to Utrecht in Sleeuwijk transfer in a shuttle bus via the alternative route via the bridge at Zaltbommel driving. On the way back, they can make use of this shuttle bus. Passengers should take into account a longer travel time. Arriva asks for understanding for the situation of force majeure.

On the website of Rijkswaterstaat is that within now and two months started with the repair. A spokesman let us know that there is still no specific date, but that there is hard work.

A9

The A9 highway from Alkmaar to Amstelveen to Amsterdam is closed for all traffic. By an accident with six cars, no one can pass, thus the VID. Around 08.45 hours there was a file of 14 kilometers.

At the exit of the A15 at Spijkenisse is a tanker truck tipped that vegetable oil is leaking that is used in the food industry. By the leakage is the surface on the exit smooth. This needs to be cleaned.

According to Rijkswaterstaat will be the exit up to at least 19.00 hours remain shut. The VID spoke earlier of 13.00.

View the current situation on the road

the Solution

Three Brabantse municipalities on the A27, minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure) Wednesday asked for a very speedy recovery of the Merwedebrug and a structural solution for the future.

Aalburg, Werkendam and Woudrichem believe that there is little feeling for the impact that the sudden closure of the bridge for freight traffic and public transport in the region.

“The consequences for the entrepreneurs and inhabitants of the Land of Heusden Altena are unacceptably high,” they wrote in a letter to the bewindsvrouw.

By: ANP/NU.en