Underground City To Solve Traffic Problems
Sunday, 02.03.2008, 02:58am (GMT)
Civil engineering group Strukton, owned by state-owned Dutch Rail,
dominates the front page of Tuesday's Telegraaf with its ambitious
plans to shift much of Amsterdam's infrastructure underground.
Six-storey car parks could be built underneath the historic canals.
Cinemas, shops, gyms, even the household waste disposal system, could
all be moved deep into the city's clay soil, Strukton says.
The plan would bring an end to Amsterdam's traffic problems and bad
air quality in one go, the company hopes. 'Above ground, the city has
become a mess,' Strukton's Bas Obladen tells the paper. 'This plan
would make it attractive again to residents and from an economic
perspective.'
Struckton puts the cost of the project at €10bn and says it would take 10 to 20 years to complete.
Amsterdam city council executive Tjeerd Herrema points out to news
agency ANP that the plan is entirely Strukton's own. 'It does not fit
in with my vision of the city,' he says.
Source : DutchNews.nl
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