Minister Karremans shifts 18 billion euros from new infrastructure projects to the maintenance of existing infrastructure, while municipalities continue to emphasize the importance of structural investments. #Infrastructuur #Onderhoud #Mobiliteit (translated)
If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country. Mark Boumans, mayor of Doetinchem and vice-chairman of the VNG, says: ‘In fifty years we have seen our housing market change enormously. Where we used to endlessly build family homes, you can see that the demand is now completely different. Young people or divorced individuals are looking for a different type of housing, for which there are waiting lists in almost all municipalities. So we really need to come to a major transformation. If we manage to achieve this, it will bring immense peace to our country.’ #wooncrisis #flexwoningen #woningtekort (translated)
Unheard Netherlands TV reported that municipalities that refused the distribution law were placed under 'active supervision'. The broadcaster asked what severe measures the government took for its own population, compared to the measures for asylum seekers. Rob Roos stated that the government was primarily responsible for the care of its own population. The broadcaster referred viewers to NPO Start for the full broadcast. https://t.co/oKukgPKAu0 #spreidingswet #asielzoekers #zorgvoordebevolking (translated)
"We want the minister not to force the municipalities. We will discuss this further." Certainly, the issue of coercion in the distribution law is sacred, Eerdmans reports after his meeting with Van den Brink: "We want the minister not to force the municipalities. We will discuss this further." #Erdmans #SGP #Asielbeleid (translated)
"There are now places where local authorities want to build a padel court on top of the tunnel. If municipalities and provinces impose additional construction or design requirements that exceed the 'bare minimum' (the absolute essentials), they will now have to bear the costs themselves, according to Karremans." #infrastructuur #veiligheid #bezuinigingen (translated)
Minister Vincent Karremans of Infrastructure and Water Management wants significant savings by reducing luxury and safety requirements in the construction of infrastructure in the Netherlands, which will lead to standardization and lower costs for municipalities that impose additional requirements. #infrastructuur #veiligheid #bezuinigingen (translated)
JA21 and SGP demand from the cabinet that municipalities are not forced to accommodate asylum seekers and also want rapid reassessments of Syrians with a temporary residence status and asylum procedures outside the Netherlands. #Asielbeleid #JA21 #SGP (translated)
Per used a crude insult for the cabinet and wrote that municipalities and provinces should pay for the maintenance of bridges and roads themselves. In contrast, he stated that this week 15 million had been transferred for reconstruction in Syria, which he claimed was not a problem. https://t.co/cudYzzn7Fg #politiek #gemeente #onderhoud (translated)
On Thursday, the Brussels sector for the homeless will walk through the streets of the 19 municipalities to count the number of people without shelter, while uncertainty about the funding of homelessness policy continues. #SansAbri #Bruxelles #Solidarité (translated)
The cabinet wants to save billions by making municipalities and provinces responsible for the financing of luxury infrastructure such as bridges and overpasses. #beveiliging #internetveiligheid #cloudflare (translated)
Gerard de Boer wrote that asylum minister Bart van den Brink had urgently requested all municipalities to arrange extra asylum accommodation immediately. According to the minister, the first 2,400 spots needed to be available by November 1, 2026. De Boer proposed that Van den Brink visit people who had posters from the Dutch Refugee Council in their windows, referring to them disdainfully. https://t.co/5q0jKZqw1R #asielopvang #vluchtelingen #gemeenten (translated)
With the different regulations in the municipalities, the current firework ban in the Netherlands proves to be untenable, as 261 out of 342 municipalities do not grant permission for the use of fireworks during the upcoming New Year’s celebration. #Vuurwerkverbod #CategorieF1 #Gemeenten (translated)
Three quarters of Dutch municipalities do not allow private fireworks during the New Year’s Eve, although 71 municipalities do grant exemptions under strict conditions. #vuurwerk #jaarwisseling #gemeenten (translated)
Three quarters of the municipalities in the Netherlands do not allow fireworks on New Year's Eve, while a number of municipalities are considering exemptions under strict conditions. #vuurwerk #jaarwisseling #Strijen (translated)
The government is trying to entice municipalities to provide assistance with emergency shelter without the obligation to accept asylum seekers. #beveiliging #internetveiligheid #toegangblokkeringen (translated)
A measles outbreak in the Netherlands is possible, as the vaccination rate against measles in many municipalities is lower than in Pennsylvania, where an epidemic is currently raging. #mazelen #vaccinatie #gezondheid (translated)
A huge wind turbine will be installed in Drogenbos, just outside Brussels, which raises great concern among the residents of the surrounding municipalities due to the negative impact on the landscape and living environment. #Eolienne #Drogenbos #Bruxelles (translated)
JA21 stated that the Netherlands was facing a significant housing shortage and that status holders were given priority in most municipalities, while other home seekers waited for years. The party said that this inequality needed to stop and reported being a co-sponsor of a legislative proposal that prohibited priority based on a residence permit. #woningtekort #JA21 #huisvesting (translated)
The majority of the municipalities decide not to grant fireworks exemptions for the upcoming New Year's Eve, as they find enforcing strict regulations too difficult. #Vuurwerkverbod #Gemeenten #Oudjaarsdag (translated)
Municipalities in the Netherlands are asking for more financial support from the national government to increase their resilience against disasters and threats, such as climate change and cyber attacks. #weerbaarheid #gemeenten #klimaatverandering (translated)
