City centre. It is
expected that the transportation of goods in Utrecht will double by
2020. In order to anticipate these developments a Provisioning plan has been
made for the City centre, including signposting.
In order to protect the wharf cellars along the Old canal
and the old bridges traffic heavier than 2 ton is not allowed in the old
centre. The heavy trucks unload in a distribution centre, after which the
transport takes place with lighter vehicles. This also prevents damage to old
monuments from vibrations by heavy traffic. So in old centres there are mutual
interests for preventing heavy traffic.
Industrial site. The
most important industrial site in Utrecht (Lage Weide) has an important national logistic function. A
Revitalisation Plan will be made for this site.
The general idea about the future of Lage
Weide includes: maintaining the industrial and
logistic functions, combined with an upgrading of the intensity of use and an
increase of durability (parkmanagement).
New logistic activities on a national scale will only be
supported when these activities use rail- and waterfacilities.
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