Fairgrounds will soon have to comply with so many nitrogen rules that it will be impossible for many operators of attractions to keep up. That says Jan Boots, director of the fairgrounds association. Amounts of between ninety and one hundred thousand euros have already been mentioned per attraction to make it more sustainable and green. Transport from one municipality to another should also be a lot more nitrogen-friendly.
“We heard about it through the ministry in The Hague. We will soon have to comply with very strict nitrogen rules,” says Boots. “But it really cannot be the case that nitrogen causes massive problems for the fairgrounds. It involves very substantial expenditure.”
In particular, the transport of the fair from one municipality to another should soon be a lot more nitrogen-friendly. In practice, this quickly means a limitation of the number of transport movements, but also adapted, preferably electric trucks. “The operators themselves would like that,” says Boots. “But the amount that has to be deposited for this is simply too high.”
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Making certain attractions 100 percent electric would also be on the table as a new rule. “But then you have the problem of material and the electricity points again,” explains Boots. “That’s just not possible. I walked a lot of fairgrounds last weekend and fairground holders tell me: this will soon be unsustainable.”
“The government is pushing and pulling on all sides, but we have already innovated and improved quite a lot in recent years”
Patrick Vonck is a fairground keeper in De Goorn and says he has been working on the transition for years. “We really don’t come from an egg. The government is pushing and pulling on all sides, but we have already innovated and improved quite a lot in recent years,” he says. “This is crazy. I used to use 70 amps for bumper car lighting, now only 15. And some attractions used to charge 400 amps, now I use 100 amps. We’ve been working on that transition for a long time. We’re in the middle of it. “
On wavering
There will be a new meeting at the ministry soon. Then there should be more clarity about which new regulations the fairground operators will soon have to deal with.
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