‘Just like that. There goes the second one in a week. One of those letters with at the top two lions, holding a shield with a crown above it. My Attention is mainly focused on that purple box a little further on: 'To be paid by you'.
No, this is not fan mail from the Honorable Inspector of Direct Taxes. It is from his brother, who works at the central judicial collection agency. His letters are the result of a few speed measurements on roads in the Kop van Noord-Holland, a place I don't normally visit very often. But now I am. Out of necessity.
That is, if you don't want to be stuck in a traffic jam on the N9 for half an hour during rush hour at Sint Maartensvlotbrug or Burgervlotbrug. Rijkswaterstaat has got things sorted out there. threw down the shovel. At the same time as the A7 near Purmerend: you can do that every day too. It's nice to join the back of the queue. And then I won't even mention the years-long renovation of the Afsluitdijk. The Kooybrug almost remained closed for months as well.
It is actually quite nice that Rijkswaterstaat is thinking along with residents, especially in To keep the tip of North Holland. Why do you want to go south or east? Stay home!
So much for the irony. The sad reality: it’s been 40 years of whining in terms of accessibility of Den Helder. The only city with more than 56,000 inhabitants that is accessible exclusively via an 80-kilometer road. Even in terms of population Similar Drachten, where not even a train comes, is located at two
four-lane roads.
The northern tip of North Holland has a weak lobby. In Friesland, Rijkswaterstaat is Chauvinistic Frisians with the Frisians. That translates into an excellent road network. in that province. In North Holland, the road authority is not interested at all. in the Noordkop. The focus is on the Amsterdam-Haarlem region. As Rijkswaterstaat, often under pressure from a North Head municipality, is already doing something road network does, then that is mainly to improve safety and the Helderse to make accessibility worse.
From time to time, a newspaper article reports again that a 100-kilometer road on the N9 yields a time saving of only two minutes. But that is not the point at all. It is pure psychology. We can do our very best to promote this city, who trundles along behind a German camper at 65 kilometers per hour for three quarters of an hour It keeps the feeling that Den Helder is in the middle of nowhere. Do you want to live there? or establish your business?
A chairman of the Helderse Entrepreneurs' Association therefore once argued A sit-down protest on the N9. That would have been quite a sight: all those three-piece suits. Grey with a tie, sitting on the road surface. Unfortunately, it remained just that playful one. call.
So we will muddle through in terms of accessibility in the Noordkop for a while longer. Positive side: the judicial collection agency has had a good week. thanks to Mr. Den Boer.
RONALD DEN BOER
