Greening and camera surveillance Eewal

The north-western part of the city centre is already a low-traffic area. This means motor vehicles are not allowed to enter without an entry exemption. Eewal, the Wortelhaven and Gouverneursplein will have a much greener layout with limited space for parking. There will also be cameras in the area to ensure that the area actually remains low-traffic. More information about the car-free city centre can be found on the Car-free city centre Project page.

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Low-traffic city centre project

On January 24, the municipal council approved the car-free city centre project (near Eewal and Gouverneursplein). The project is one of the components of the City Centre Implementation Program. This also means that the money needed to buy cameras and green the neighbourhood has been made available.

Cameras in car-free areas

Cameras will be installed in the car-free area in the city centre. As soon as they are in use, the traffic controllers stop their work. The cameras record traffic (motor vehicles) entering the car-free area via Monnikemuurstraat, Wortelhaven, Minnemastraat, Grote Hoogstraat and Grote Kerkstraat. The cameras are being put out to tender and if everything goes according to plan, they will be installed this year.

More greenery

The Wortelhaven, Eewal and Gouverneursplein will have more greenery. A draft design was presented to the local community at the end of last year. That design is now being further developed. In the coming period we will also look at what the planning of these activities will look like.

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