Neighboring municipality Wijk bij Duurstede views the plan to prevent cut-through traffic with dismay. “We are dependent on recreational traffic that comes to us from all roads,” says Wijkse VVD councilor Sybren van der Velden-Walda. “At the same time, there are commuters who go in all directions from Wijk bij Duurstede. We are a dead end street on the N229. People go towards Amersfoort, towards Utrecht, towards Veenendaal. The roads are important for these people to go to work. If we If you close inner roads, it will become even busier in other places.”
Is an agricultural lock the solution against cut-through traffic in rural areas? ‘Closing a road shifts the problem’
