“Do you like puzzles?” Henk Jumelet asks. “I like puzzles, a difficult task and trying to solve it.” If it is up to the provincial administrator, the pieces of the nitrogen puzzle will soon fall into place.
“It takes creativity to solve it. It also takes perseverance,” says Jumelet. He had a small party the night before. A party about the KDW. About its abolition, actually. Simply put: it is a nitrogen value that must be met.
Together with coalition parties CDA, VVD, ChristenUnie and D66, the SGP has made a proposal in the House of Representatives to stop using this value. The value would be unattainable in some areas, something Jumelet agrees. It is only a proposal, but the CDA deputy cannot emphasize enough that a majority has supported this proposal. And he thinks this is a very good step.
But what is the province doing to solve the nitrogen problem? Well, the province, for example, is bothering the minister to speed up the establishment of fast and clear nitrogen regulations. Drenthe, together with the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, has submitted a plan to the minister to take the first steps.
Minister Christianne van der Wal, responsible for the nitrogen dossier, has asked the provinces to come up with a plan. Three plans have been submitted. North Brabant, Gelderland and the three northern provinces together. The copy of the plan of Drenthe? February 14, 2022.