Overview
- The added funding lifts the N211 reconstruction budget to about €207 million, with a broad majority calling the extra outlay useful and necessary.
- Gedeputeerde Frederik Zevenbergen said he briefly considered halting the N211 project before proceeding with help from external experts, as the province and contractor split the extra costs.
- The project encountered unmapped pipes and must add protections for the depressed roadway against groundwater, and the province aims to limit delay and open the upgraded route by late 2027 through additional closures.
- Provincial parties pressed The Hague to advance the Erasmusweg–Wippolderlaan grade separation, with Zevenbergen outlining preparatory work now, a decision expected in 2026, and execution targeted for 2029 toward completion in 2032 or 2033.
- Separately, the N207 Zuid plan faces strong local opposition and organized protests, with a special hearing set for 28 November, a Provinciale Staten debate on 14 January and a decision planned for 28 January, while Alphen aan den Rijn still must take its own position and Greenport Boskoop urges quick construction.