The competent Brussels Mobility administration has already submitted the application for the urban development permit. Although information meetings for local residents will follow, the government does not expect any major difficulties. The hope is that the permit will be completed within six months, so that work can start in 2022, which would take about three years.
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In concrete terms, this concerns a strip of three kilometers between the border with Flanders and the canal, near the Van Praet bridge. This strip comprises a section A12 and R21. Those who now pass there by car, drive at about 120 kilometers per hour past the intersection of the Brussels ring and the Atomium, to slow down at the level of the American theater and continue via the royal domain of Laeken to the city center.
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This track becomes narrower and slower. In town, the number of lanes goes from three to two and then to one. This creates a funnel. The speed limit goes to 90 and 50 kilometers per hour. Out of town, two lanes remain.
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The aim is to return the public space to the inhabitants. “This project fits in with the 10-minute city, a concept with which we want to create schools, nurseries, public transport and other facilities in every neighbourhood,” says Brussels mayor Philippe Close (PS). At the same time, the nuisance caused by car traffic must be reduced.
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