A7 closes to all trucks and buses

The A7 highway in Purmerend will be closed for all trucks and buses starting Monday morning due to the renovation of the bridge over the North Holland Canal. A weight limit still applies there: only trucks up to 25 tons are allowed to drive over it. However, this measure is reportedly ignored hundreds of times a day, with outliers sometimes exceeding 40 tons. The Rijkswaterstaat finds this dangerous, even for the staff working on the constructio…