According to the project leader, there is now room for 180 cars on the Grote Brink, but that is reduced to 171 with the redesign. The municipality wants to draw parking bays there, so that drivers put their cars nicer than now happens regularly.
Entrepreneur Anton Hoekstra, owner of a clothing store in the village center, does not agree. He sees that there is now a place for 250 cars on the Brink and is critical of the municipality’s calculation.
In addition, Hoekstra believes that there is not enough eye for the economic disadvantages for himself and his fellow retailers. “No research has been done into the economic consequences and we think the process is not transparent. It just doesn’t feel reliable.”
He receives support from Bert Spoelder, who has a business in car parts. “I am behind the total plan, but I just don’t understand that they are pulling the parking spaces. They are so important for Zuidlaren.”
Project leader Legers wants to know little about the suggestion that entrepreneurs will miss money. He thinks that people want to walk fifty to a hundred meters further to the stores in the future, if things come to that.
“Apart from a number of peak times there is always room on Stationsstraat. And perhaps entrepreneurs can park their cars somewhere else to make room for customers,” says Legters.
The redesign plan is not yet final. In a month, the municipality wants to organize a walk -in evening in Zuidlaren to further explain the project.
The municipal councilors also want alderman Jurryt Vellinga to discuss their concerns about their concerns.
The Council does not like a thorough reconsideration, especially to prevent the project from being delayed a lot.