Will there be a large transferium at De Punt or not? Although a decision was already taken by the Tynaarlo city council in 2017, the new council does not seem to like the transferium. A recently held petition against the arrival of this will certainly be included in the decision-making process, according to candidate alderman Jurryt Vellinga.
The transferium should appear in the ‘armpit’ between the A28 and the petrol station. In 2017, Tynaarlo and the Province of Drenthe took a decision in principle about this. There would be room for between 200 and 400 parking spaces. Furthermore, the transferium would mainly serve as a public transport node. The 2017 decision was taken by the smallest possible majority, but the new council wants to take a closer look.
Support base
Jurryt Vellinga agrees. Tonight he must be installed as alderman for Liveable Tynaarlo. “The Christian parties have always been a great supporter of the transferium. The other coalition parties do not see the usefulness and necessity,” he says.
Now that the CDA and the ChristenUnie no longer belong to the coalition, there seems to be no support at all for the transferium. “And if I estimate it that way, there will be no majority in the council,” says Vellinga.
Not of this time
Opponents argue that the plan would no longer have support. Reference is made to, among other things, the petition of Transferium-No. 2299 signatories do not want a transferium at De Punt. Erik Bazuin is one of the two opponents who started the petition. According to him, the plan for a transferium is ‘out of date’. “The idea of a transferium came about at a very different time,” he says.
Corona means that more people work from home, Bazuin reasons. The flow to Groningen would have been greatly improved by the approach to Julianaplein. “And the transferium in De Punt is too far from a village center to get people there. In addition, the transferium in Haren has now also become larger.”
sensible plan
Henk Middendorp (CDA) still calls the transferium a ‘sensible plan’. According to him, the wrong picture is often painted of the transferium. “The focus is mainly on that, on the transferium, but if the province of Drenthe wants, they can push through today’s plan for tomorrow.”
The only thing the municipality of Tynaarlo has to say about it is a piece of greenery. “The municipality must give permission for repurposing.”
frame
If it is up to Middendorp, the municipality will do the same. “I am thinking especially of the people from villages such as De Punt and Yde, whom we can open up with this. Moreover, I think that the plan can be realized without this having to be at the expense of nature. If there is an otter, you have to design the plan so that that otter can stay there.”
According to Middendorp, opponents who say that the construction of a transferium would be at the expense of indispensable nature are ‘framing’. “Nature and a small transferium can coexist. The bushes that have to disappear for it are not of great value. We are therefore also in favor of development in the space that is offered to us as a province.”
Heads together
Bazuin indicates that as founders of the petition, they have also looked at alternatives to the plan at De Punt. “Because a transferium in itself is not a strange idea to get people out of the car,” he says. “In Westlaren, for example, there is a good, small transferium. It is close to the village center. Something like this would also be possible in Tynaarlo, for example.”
Bazuin is hopeful, especially now that the new coalition parties in Tynaarlo openly doubt whether the transferium should come. “We would be very surprised if the plans went ahead.”