With the necessary relief, garage owner Jerry Veldema looks towards Schiphol. “We really thought we were the Sjaak for a week, but in the end it was only really closed for three days.” Because the government leaders had all left for Schiphol on Wednesday, Rijkswaterstaat was able to open the closed area around the Polderbaan that evening.
NH also spoke with Jerry last week. Then he only knew that he could not receive customers, but he could get to his company. How did that go in the end?
“The first day went fine, only the second day there was some confusion about our house number, so then we were at the entrance gate of the area for two hours. But let that be our contribution to the NATO summit.”