In Amersfoort the news hit like a bomb. The controversial western bypass is going into the trash. The new coalition of D66, GroenLinks, CDA, ChristenUnie and Party for the Animals put a line through the plan this should ensure a better flow of car traffic. Soon there will only be a number of new bicycle connections and a safe bicycle tunnel under the railway. Closing the western bypass was practically unavoidable, as the costs were skyrocketing. The plan threatened not 68, but 113 million going to cost.
28 million road, 1700 trees dead: this is how controversial traffic project ended in fiasco | Car
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