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Purmerend · PurmerendIt is not right that the A7 motorway near Purmerend will temporarily close completely to coaches from Monday, says the Royal Dutch Transport Industry Association (KNV). That section of the highway will be closed to buses and trucks because the 25-ton weight limit would often have been exceeded. Coaches do not reach that weight, says KNV.See the Story
Bus companies unfairly bear the brunt of closing the A7, industry says
Purmerend · PurmerendTrade organization Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) and business organization VNO-NCW understand the decision to temporarily completely close the A7 motorway near Purmerend to trucks and buses. “Road safety and the safety of road workers come first,” says TLN Board Chairman Elisabeth Post. “We hope that the work can be completed as soon as possible and that freight traffic can run over it again.”See the Story
The business community understands the closure of the A7 bridge: safety comes first
Purmerend · PurmerendThe 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…See the Story
A7 closes to all trucks and buses
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Purmerend · PurmerendEvery day, hundreds of overweight trucks cross the bridge in the A7 near Purmerend, Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) conclude after measurements. Since work on the bridge in early April, vehicles must not exceed 25 tons. RWS and TLN warn that the bridge may close to all freight traffic in the absence of improvement.See the Story
Too many heavy trucks over the A7 Purmerend bridge
Purmerend · PurmerendThe motorist who died after an accident with a tanker on the Afsluitdijk on Tuesday morning is a 32-year-old man from Purmerend. His car hit the wrong side of the road for an unknown cause, according to the police one day after the fatal accident. The driver of the tanker was not injured.See the Story
Afsluitdijk road dead is 32-year-old man from Purmerend
Purmerend · PurmerendThe Dijkland Hospital, with locations in Hoorn and Purmerend, has experienced little disruption this week from the work on the bridge over the North Holland Canal on the A7. According to a hospital spokesperson, there has been daily crisis meetings and no problems have arisen.See the Story
Dijklander Hospital is not bothered by A7 works
Purmerend · PurmerendDe provincie Noord-Holland is wel degelijk actief betrokken (geweest) bij het zoveel mogelijk voorkomen van overlast bij de grootschalige renovatie van de brug in de snelweg A7 bij Purmerend. In een ingelast debat in Provinciale Staten hekelden meerdere fracties de in hun ogen te afwachtende rol van het provinciebestuur. Gedeputeerde Jeroen Olthof (mobiliteit, PvdA) herkent zich niet in die kritiek. „We zitten absoluut niet stil.”See the Story