Overview
- Provincial executive Frederik Zevenbergen has asked the Provincial Council for an additional €55 million for the N211, lifting the projected budget to about €207 million after a €60 million increase plus €10 million for uncertainties.
- The province will switch to longer full shutdowns to speed construction, now targeting reopening of the N211 by the end of 2027, roughly six months sooner than previously expected.
- Officials cite discoveries of unknown pipelines, poor legacy base layers including buried polystyrene, altered groundwater behavior and a former greenhouse heat‑storage system, with tough contractor talks that considered stopping the project before reaching a deal.
- Rijkswaterstaat will fully close the N99 between the Kooybrug and Van Ewijcksluis from 20:00 on 7 November to 06:00 on 8 December, with detours via the N249, N248 and N9 and expected extra travel time of 20–25 minutes; the Kooybrug also closes and Vlotbrug ’t Zand blocks motor vehicles 06:00–20:00.
- At Rotterdam’s Terbregseplein, the A20-to-A16 ramp from Crooswijk toward Dordrecht is shut until 7 December to strengthen a viaduct after salt-related rebar corrosion, with additional ramp works on 7–10 November, 21–22 November and 6–7 December and warned delays of 10–30 minutes that can peak around an hour.