According to a spokesperson for Rijkswaterstaat, the malfunction arose around 8.50 p.m. What was going on is currently unknown. The spokesperson said that a diversion had been set.
The malfunction took approximately an hour. “We look at how we are going to solve it, now we have to find out what is going on,” the spokesperson said against NH earlier in the evening.
The ANWB advised traffic towards Amsterdam to follow Groningen/Emmeloord (A7, A6, A1). Traffic in the direction of Leeuwarden was recommended to follow Amsterdam/Amersfoort/Almere/Emmeloord (A8, A10, A1, A6).