This to the displeasure of the residents of the Weerdsingel OZ, who were sitting in the stands, they would have liked to see an immediate vote. But they were even more angry about Van Hooijdonk’s answers. The alderman claimed that the participation has not progressed as dramatically as outlined by part of the council. For example, she said that the process was not broken down twice. And that is not true, say the representatives of the neighborhood, who were present at the debate. “The mayor is not accurately describing the situation. There have certainly been two occasions when the municipality has broken off the participation process,” says Wouter de Jong, one of the active local residents. “In one case, it even had to be smoothed out with the help of a lawyer.” The CDA also cracks down on the attitude of the alderman. Council member Bert van Steeg called Van Hooijdonk’s attitude ‘ideological bias’.
Utrecht city council not yet convinced of asphalt for Weerdsingel OZ
