Did the work for a new supermarket in Eelderwolde start last week or not? And there will be a new meter-high statue on the Kop van de Vaart in Assen. Here you can read an overview of the most important news in our province from last week.
The haggling over five trees on Ter Borchsingel in Eelderwolde continues. The trees would be cut down on Monday, because a large supermarket will be built there. In the end, this fate spared the trees, to the relief of the opponents. “We do not understand why such a large supermarket has to be built. It is at the expense of a lot of greenery and nature.”
The trees fell on Tuesday, because project developer BUN still had the correct permits, according to the municipality of Tynaarlo.
In the night from Monday to Tuesday, a minor girl died in a one-sided car accident on Hemmenweg in Ekehaar. Four other passengers, all minors, were injured in the accident. All five occupants were at the Dokter Nassau College in Assen, where a memorial was set up.
“The purpose of the meeting was, of course, to be together, with each other, with the students and colleagues to be able to share grief after the accident on Monday night,” says Ralf Buiten, director of the school.
Until April last year, Frida Kahlo was showing off at the Kop van de Vaart in Assen, but she will get a worthy replacement. From Monday, a more than four meters high statue by artist Vincent van Gogh will be placed here. It is the eye-catcher for the large Van Gogh exhibition in the Drents Museum, which can be seen from 11 September.
According to interest group ODOG, it is difficult for blind and visually impaired people to find their way in the center of Emmen. According to the organization, the three strips in the center lead nowhere. Two ribbed routes end in a lawn and a plant border. That is why the alarm has been sounded at the municipality and after the summer OSOG will discuss accessibility with the municipality.
The GGD has started breaking down the temporary vaccination location at a business park in Assen-Noord. In October last year, the so-called injection garden was built because of the autumn round of the repeat injection against corona. In total, 1,500 people were able to receive their vaccination against corona or HPV on a daily basis.