According to RTV Drenthe weatherman Gert Voerman, the whole of Drenthe is covered with a layer of snow this morning. And in many places it concerns 4 to 5 centimeters. “Babysitting blown,” the weatherman warned, “for the road tack temperatures are in many places below zero and that makes it dangerous.”
Rijkswaterstaat joined that warning. “Do not catch up, go well prepared, adjust your driving style and your speed and keep your distance. There is still sprinkling on different roads and we also use snow blades, among other things on the A28. I therefore call road users to To give these services the space, “says Rijkswaterstaat spokesperson Jayme Tol.
“Because of the rain that sat in front of the snow, Rijkswaterstaat later started sprinkling, because otherwise the salt would wash away,” Tol explains.
According to the spokesperson, major accidents were not so far. “But several slides have been reported. For example, a truck had landed against a crash barrier on the A28 between Assen and Beilen.” Because of this accident, the left lane was closed for hours from Assen towards Hoogeveen. As a result, there was a kilometer -long traffic jam. The delay rose at the peak to more than half an hour.
The other way, the traffic got even worse a little later in the morning. Van Hoogeveen in the direction of Assen was a traffic jam of 20 kilometers around 9 a.m. The delay increased to half an hour.