According to the province, work went well and the heavy rainfall of the past days did not cause setbacks. A spokesperson tells NH that ‘everything is along’.
Eighteen hours of working a day
“That sounds simple, but you keep in mind that there can be something against it. Bad weather, or something is broken, for example. That didn’t happen.” She doesn’t want to shift the quick pace to only happiness.
“There was also very hard work. The contractor worked with two teams consisting of 50 people who worked for a total of eighteen hours a day.”
The asphalt of the roads around ‘t Schouw was due for replacement, the spokesperson speaks of’ a gravel path ‘, when she describes the state of the road surface. “The asphalt has been replaced, but then many layers have to be removed. For example, all the cables of the traffic lights were also laid in the intersection. You also have to connect them again. There is so much more behind than just a layer of and re -install.”
Violence and shortcuts
The N247 was closed at ‘t Schouw last week for all traffic between Amsterdam, Volendam and Purmerend. Traffic had to detour via the A8, the A7 and the N244, and that caused the necessary problems.
Touring buses, tractors and commuting traffic ran each other In the otherwise calm outdam. Not everyone was aware of the diversion, and tried to circumvent traffic controllers on the first morning of the work. The very first night Young people with traffic controllers.
Nor had it been sufficiently taken into account for all local residents. A farmer in Watergang could not go anywhere: his car is too heavy for smaller roads and was therefore enclosed.