Major Morning Standstills Cripple Multiple Randstad Motorways

Overview

• Traffic authorities reported a 25-kilometre standstill on the A12 between Gouda and De Meern toward Utrecht that added about 30 minutes to journeys at the height of the morning commute.
• An earlier long queue on the A4 between Kethelplein (Rotterdam) and Ypenburg (The Hague) measured about 10 kilometres and caused roughly a 15-minute delay toward The Hague.
• Drivers on the A4 in the opposite direction faced a smaller slowdown of about five minutes between Hoogmade and Voorschoten.
• Other affected stretches included a 3-kilometre jam on the A13 between The Hague and Delft and two separate jams on the A20 of seven kilometres (toward Utrecht) and five kilometres (toward Rotterdam).
• Omroep West and ANWB traffic data provided the segment lengths and delay estimates but did not identify causes or clearance times, leaving commuters exposed to ongoing ripple effects across the regional network.