“It is simply not safe if you create ten lanes in such a tunnel and a very narrow emergency lane where you cannot even get out,” said Madlener. The regional plan includes not ten, but twelve lanes. “You have to imagine what happens if a serious accident happens there, or a fire or something like that.” Utrecht says that the plan does meet safety requirements, because the maximum speed would be reduced to 80 kilometers per hour.
Minister Madlener once again rejects alternative plan A27 for safety reasons
