Minister Tried to Rush Through 130 Kph Speed Limit Nationwide - DutchNews.nl

In the large reader's survey "Mobility compass", a large majority in Schleswig-Holstein are in favour of a speed limit of 130 km/h on motorways. The measure is also supported by the state police in the north.

Minister tried to ignore procedures to increase speed limit to 130 km/h on all highways

Minister Barry Madlener of Infrastructure tried to circumvent all legal procedures in order to increase the speed limit to 130 kilometers per hour on all Dutch highways. RTL Nieuws discovered this in documents received from the Ministry after an appeal to the Open Government Act.

Minister tried to rush through 130 kph speed limit nationwide - DutchNews.nl

Minister tried to rush through 130 kph speed limit nationwide

It is well known that Minister of Infrastructure Barry Madlener would like to increase the maximum speed to 130 km/h on as many motorways as possible. Not that he wanted to bypass all legal procedures for this. Madlener wanted to take a so-called traffic decision and thus introduce a maximum speed of 130 km/h on all motorways, according to documents made public by the Ministry of Infrastructure, requested by RTL Nieuws.