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Weekend Travel Disruption Widens in Netherlands as A10 Oost and A16 Shut, Incidents Add Delays

Widespread diversions stem from maintenance works overlapping with police investigations.

Overview

  • Rijkswaterstaat has closed A10 Oost between Watergraafsmeer and Amstel through 6 October, diverting traffic via the A1, A9 and A2 with extra travel time of up to an hour.
  • The A16 is shut southbound between Terbregseplein and Ridderkerk from Friday 20:00 to Monday 05:00, with warnings of long queues and separate works near Hooipolder adding 10 to 30 minutes.
  • A car and a military jeep from exercise Ferocious Bison collided on the A16 near knooppunt Princeville on Friday, sending four people to hospital and causing significant delays.
  • On the A7 between Hoogkerk and Leek, a multi‑agency control using ANPR issued fines and seized a vehicle, leading to long queues as later reports noted a full closure for emergency repairs.
  • Overnight, police probed a stabbing in a Shell shop along the A15 near Rhoon and an explosion that shattered a window in Vlaardingen, while the damaged Molenhoek bridge remains closed to cars until after 8 October.