Region are looking for alternatives to bus and truckverbod Merwedebrug – BN DeStem

WERKENDAM/ GORINCHEM – Now in addition to all the truck traffic buses too, not more about the Merwedebrug at Gorinchem, businesses and governments on both sides of the Merwede eagerly looking for opportunities to be accessible to remain.

In the course of Tuesday morning it was announced that buses will no longer have the Merwedebrug may, hence, public carrier Arriva to alternative routes, looking for his buses. Also in the municipality of Werkendam is already thought about the accessibility, so ask the raadsfractie Progressive Altena to the Werkendamse college or veerbedrijf Riveer as a ‘fully fledged alternative’ for the buses can be used.

Tears
research on the southern arc showed that the situation there more serious than the previously studied northern arch of the bridge. ,,We have more cracks discovered and for security reasons decided to close the bridge immediately to close for goods traffic”, a spokesman of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat to know.

The cracks were last week discovered, which in the first instance it was decided the bridge for heavy goods vehicles above 60 tonnes. Now the measure for all trucks.

Detour
The bridge is still available for passenger cars. Trucks will have to detour via the A59, to the A2 motorway and the A15. At this moment in time, there will still be some trucks on the bridge, because the signage and tekstwagens to the drivers to warn not there yet. If there are additional enforcement, is not known. Local freight transport could be the spring Brakel-Herwijnen as an alternative, provided that the vehicle weight does not exceed 60 tonnes.

Rijkswaterstaat are now investigating whether the previously scheduled verstevigingsmaatregelen of the bridge earlier can be taken. It is of course very annoying for freight traffic as this route is closed.”

Bus transport and consequences
ChristenUnie-SGP group in the Provincial council has questions to the provincial board of Noord-Brabant. The group is of the opinion that the conclusion has major consequences for the regional economy, the increase of truck traffic on local and provincial roads and public transport.

Christianunion-SGP wants to know what the consequences of the closure for the bus on the Merwedebrug and wondered how the public transport from and to Utrecht otherwise is made possible. Also ask the group what are the consequences of the closure can have an increase in truck traffic on local and provincial roads, what the consequences are for the regional economy and what measures will be taken to companies and regional carriers to support now they are faced with the financial statements.