Distrust and frustration during council evening in Eexterveenschekanaal about damage caused by gas extraction. ‘It is better arranged on the other side of the ditch’

Not a good example, but also not surprising – emphasize the experts present from the Groningen Mining Damage Institute and the Mining Damage Commission – because the area near Aa and Hunze is complex. Due to difficult subsoil and stacked mining (extraction from the Groningen field, small fields and salt extraction by NedMag), there is a cumulative effect. But that’s not what the claims handling system is designed for.

Uncertainty

It is clear that the regulations are unclear to many residents. Because even Rian Vogels (Mining Damage Commission) and mayor Anno Wietze Hiemstra had an altercation about the settlement process to be followed, which, according to both official parties, would be slightly different. “It is complex here,” repeats Jan Kees de Pagter on behalf of the Groningen Mining Damage Institute.

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