The environmental zone vicissitudes have kept people busy in recent days. The large cities in North Brabant leave the environmental zone for what it is. “No use”, they say in the south of the country. Meanwhile, seriously polluting cruise ships docked in Rotterdam again. Nevertheless, there is a chance that the new multi-party coalition Read more
The Municipal Executive of Utrecht was allowed to establish an environmental zone for the city center, the station area and the Jaarbeurs site. This is apparent from a decision of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State today (8 February 2017). No appeal is possible against the decision. The Royal Dutch Automobile Club (KNAC) Read more
On Tuesday December 6, the Council of State will hear the appeal that the KNAC has lodged against the decision of the Utrecht District Court in connection with the environmental zone in Utrecht. On January 10, the Utrecht District Court rendered a decision in which it considered a number of objections to be well-founded, but nevertheless decided to Read more
TNO has added a new chapter to the prevailing discussion about the usefulness of environmental zones in major cities. That writes the Telegraaf today. The newspaper writes that, according to the researchers, the expected effect cannot be proven. TNO reports that the concentrations of particulate matter in the air have decreased. The effect Read more
The Koninklijke Nederlandsche Automobiel Club (KNAC) has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Utrecht District Court (dated 10-1-2016) regarding the Utrecht environmental zone. In that ruling, the KNAC finds various starting points for continuing its legal activities. In an earlier instance, the court annulled, among other things, the traffic decree of the municipality of Utrecht and Read more
Despite the fact that the Utrecht District Court has ruled that the environmental zone in the center of that city has hardly any effect and the decision-making process around it is shaky, the zone will remain intact for the time being. Reason for the KNAC to think about next steps. “It was indeed a special statement that we made on January 22 Read more
