This translates into the street. It is no coincidence that in the numbers of the Traffic Center the busiest months for freight transport are almost all of the last, very recent years. In October, all trucks together traveled 12.3 million kilometers per average working day on major roads. Only in October of last year was this figure slightly higher.
The figures also confirm the Federal Planning Bureau’s predictions for travel on our roads through 2040: Up to that year, the bureau expects just 8 percent more passenger traffic, but more than 20 percent more transportation. goods. If we don’t get those goods by land and rail more often, the average speed on highways will drop another 10 to 15 percent because there will be more traffic jams.
A further and final explanation for the heavy congestion in October 2022 is undoubtedly also the numerous road works carried out during that month, led by the emergency repairs to the Merksem viaduct, which caused traffic around Antwerp to be blocked a few times.
