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The ‘Oosterweelverbinding’ and the missing alternative
12 October 2009
The planned Oosterweelverbinding has, as every massive infrastructure project, caused a lot of commotion. This KULeuven working paper doesn’t plead in favour of one of the two choices that completely dominate the debate today. In stead, the authors say the focus on both options narrows the debate down. Have all alternatives to improve Antwerp’s mobility been scrutinized? Is there any way to improve the existing infrastructure? If so, is a bridge or a tunnel still necessary? In other words, do the existing projects make sense or are there better alternatives? A study that could really shake up the debate a week before the plebiscite.

http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/CES/les/LES%20127.pdf

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