Tag: Rijnenburg
From pasture to residential area: how does the Rijnenburg polder become habitable?
“You have to think very carefully about how you want to develop it,” says urban planner Riek Bakker. The upcoming new construction project is “beautiful”, but the development of a…
Agreement with the government on ‘largest housing location’ Rijnenburg
Utrecht should become the largest new construction location in the Netherlands with 63,000 to 75,000 homes, in Rijnenburg and Groot Merwede. Necessary for the country, but especially for Utrecht, says…
Agreement with the government on ‘largest housing location’ Rijnenburg with 75,000 homes
Utrecht should become the largest new construction location in the Netherlands with 63,000 to 75,000 homes. Necessary for the country, but especially for Utrecht, says councilor Eelco Eerenberg. “Due to…
Definitely four windmills in the Rijnenburg polder
31 councilors from GroenLinks, D66, PvdA and Party for the Animals, among others, voted in favor of the zoning plan. 13 members of DENK, VVD, CDA and EenUtrecht voted against.…
Utrecht will not accept an alternative energy plan for the Rijnenburg polder: ‘Agreements have already been made’
Rijne Energie finds it difficult that an alternative plan is being looked at at the last minute: “This is a serious and major problem, the trust that we have built…
Start of archaeological research in the Rijnenburg polder: ‘We’ve been looking for special finds for years’
The Rijnenburg polder is approximately a thousand hectares in size and is located in the armpit of the A2 and A12. “Underneath the highway lies a fairly unspoilt area,” Graafstal…
Landowners in the Rijnenburg polder are coming up with an alternative wind turbine plan, possibly with more delays
To meet these objections, the landowners, led by BPD (the former Bouwfonds), have offered an alternative plan. That plan also assumes four wind turbines. One of those involved, who wishes…
Landowners Rijnenburg lay bomb under plan wind turbines with alternative
The windmills proposed by the landowners are approximately 250 – 270 meters high, just as high as the mills of Rijne Energie. The landowners would like it to be smaller,…
Building in the Rijnenburg polder? Utrecht residents are willing, but political parties are less enthusiastic
On the other hand, right-wing parties in particular agree with the statement. According to them, new homes are needed as quickly as possible to combat the housing shortage. Here too…
Utrecht wants an extra high-voltage station in Rijnenburg due to enormous demand for electricity
TenneT’s station must be located next to that of the regional grid operator Stedin. Stedin is already working on expanding that station, its capacity should be three times higher. That…