Final Line Through Catering Plans for Former Water Purification Plant

Omroep Brabant

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The catering plans for the site of the former water purification plant in Moerenburg in Tilburg have been definitively scrapped. Both the organisation and the water boards still see too many uncertainties to continue. "Many could have enjoyed Waterproef", says one of the initiators. Ernst Jonkers' plan was chosen from a number of entries in 2019. The plan, which was given the name 'Waterproef', was to become a place where catering, recreation, w…

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Ernst Jonkers' plan was selected from a number of entries in 2019. They called it Waterproef and it was supposed to become a place where catering, recreation, water education and a health centre came together. But there was a lot of resistance from the neighbourhood, partly because of nuisance, crowds and the loss of the quiet nature reserve Moerenburg. The application for the permit took a long time. Once that process was completed, people from…