Residents of Zwartemeer really feel horrible: ‘We do not need a barren inexperienced right here’

The residents of the Krommewijk in Zwartemeer are very involved. From their houses, the countryside provides a good looking view of a giant line of bushes alongside the A37 freeway. Nonetheless, as a result of these bushes are named to make room for photo voltaic panels. “And we expect that is a horrible disgrace, it is a part of our nature. “

Maginus Bos has lived within the Krommewijk, on the sting of the town, for greater than sixty years. The German border could be seen from his home. “I’ve had a terrific expertise right here. I keep in mind that this was the canal the place the peat ships used to cross. And I noticed the freeway being constructed. “

There are rows of tall bushes in a number of locations on that highway. On account of the deliberate development of the so-called sunway on the A37, these bushes will quickly must be eliminated. They need to give house to the panels, which should above all seize the daylight. The photo voltaic panels are half of a bigger mission: the photo voltaic route on the freeway from Hoogeveen to the German border, greater than 40 kilometers away.

The residents of the Krommewijk are very tough to chop down bushes which are deliberate, says Bos. “As soon as these bushes are gone, we’ll quickly be a barren space. Moreover, we do not really need some type of wall with photo voltaic panels. The bushes additionally block noise from the freeway.”

Lies Hemme, a member of the Zwartemeer Metropolis Council, is just not blissful about it both. “Now we have been speaking to the town, the province and different events about this mission for years, however we’re stunned that there’s now a choice to take away these bushes. “In line with her, this decision-making course of handed them by through the coronation and native residents weren’t receiving sufficient data. “For instance, the province promised to cross earlier than, however didn’t they ever got here. I do not assume that is good. And now demolition can be a fait accompli, which may be very tough for us.” Hemme suggests altering the plan in any case. “Then set up these photo voltaic panels as much as the railway bridge on the Zuidervaart, about 5 hundred meters away, however save these bushes on the final lane in direction of the German border. That’s our objective now.”

The residents of Zwartemeer hope to have the ability to save ‘their’ bushes with this software. Hemme: “Now we have now obtained a dedication from Emmen councilor René van der Weide to debate this with us rapidly. I’m assured that this can nonetheless work out.” A spokesperson for the city of Emmen confirms {that a} assembly will quickly be scheduled with the residents of the Krommewijk.