Westerveld road quality almost through lower limit, municipality allocates more than 2 million

The condition of some of the roads in the municipality of Westerveld has deteriorated considerably in recent years. Some roads in the municipality of Westerveld therefore need to be refurbished. The Commission’s proposal is to pay 2 million euros annually to close the gaps.

“When the quality threatens to exceed the lower limit of the ‘quality level low’, necessary maintenance must be carried out,” the municipality writes in a multi-year plan. “Based on the inspection round in 2021, that threat is imminent. That is why more major maintenance is necessary in the period 2023-2032.”

The municipality of Westerveld has more than 2.3 million square meters of paved roads to maintain. “From the inspection it can be deduced that 46 percent of the asphalt and 48 percent of the elements have moderate or serious damage to which a maintenance measure is linked in the next 5 years.”

One cause of the decline in quality is the cutbacks that were implemented in 2011. Structurally, 400,000 per year had to be cut in the management of public space. Now the municipality pays about nine tons per year. That amount will be increased to more than 2 million per year from next year. Account must also be taken of an average of more than one million euros per year for ‘replacements’.

The municipality will also look at more sustainable alternatives. “A few examples of this are: bamboo traffic signs, street furniture consisting of recycled plastic (including barrier posts, standard benches), baked materials, reuse of old asphalt in new asphalt and recycled construction rubble used as foundation for roads. These examples are now quite standard in the industry and no longer directly increase costs.”

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