Fat bikes, smoke-free streets and homeless animals, Utrecht council votes for holiday on countless motions

Fat bikes smoke free streets and homeless animals Utrecht council votes

It wasn’t too bad, says deputy chairman Pepijn Zwanenberg, who was finally able to put away his gavel just before 23:00. “It’s also been 03:00 at night.” Still, it was a long day that started at 09:45 in the morning and continued with a few breaks until late in the evening. “Luckily, everyone was very disciplined,” he says, only the last debate went a bit off track. But then again, that was about traffic measures and there the parties are “more in the trenches”.

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