The new maximum speed of 100 km / h applies on some Dutch roads from Friday morning 13 March. As soon as the signs are visible, motorists must adhere to the new speed limit. Many new plates will be revealed in the night from Thursday 12 to Friday 13 March.
Rijkswaterstaat reported this to NU.nl on Tuesday. As soon as the new signs are visible, drivers can also be fined if they do not adhere to the speed limit.
Since the end of last week, hundreds of Rijkswaterstaat employees have placed new signs and hectometer posts. There are still covers on top of this, which will be removed from Thursday evening 12 March.
“The operation must be completed on Monday morning, March 16,” said the woman. “But the new speeds start the moment the sign is visible to motorists. In practice, this means that on some roads the new speeds apply from Friday morning.”
Rijkswaterstaat is currently on schedule
The spokesperson cannot say which routes are involved. “Placing more than four thousand new plates within four days is a mega operation like we have never had before,” she explains. “When the 130-kilometer routes were introduced a few years ago, we were able to switch the signs in a number of phases.”
Rijkswaterstaat cannot say how many of the more than four thousand plates have already been placed. “But we are on schedule,” she summarizes. “If it continues like this, we’ll be ready on Monday morning, as expected.”
Only again can throw a spanner in the works
The weather can still throw a spanner in the works. “If it starts to freeze or storm, we can run into problems. But we don’t expect that yet.”
The entire operation costs 19 million euros. The speed change is being implemented to reduce nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands. By reducing emissions in traffic, construction is given more room to resume projects. The maximum speed everywhere goes back to 100 km / h, except between 7 pm and 6 am.
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