Ghent The garage of The Line and the park-and-ride under the E17 viaduct in Gentbrugge be “as fast as possible from the use of it”. That decided the Agency for Roads and Traffic this afternoon after this morning, a voluminous piece of concrete from the overpass fell through the skylight of a bus of The Line. “Safety is the priority,” said Sylvie Syryn, spokeswoman for the Roads and Traffic Agency of East-Flanders.
a lot of buses on The Line every night under the viaduct, parked. Over the past months there were numerous reports of debris that fell to the ground. Wherefore, the Agency for Roads and Traffic the bridge ‘aftikken’. There were also nets hung on the places with the greatest risk. But there remain but pieces fall of the fifty year old structure.
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Also this morning came a wreckage down. In addition, the skylight of a bus of The Line shattered. The driver, who just were wanted to leave, did not get injured. On the bus were not passengers. the
“Such a skylight is a tough material, so it should be a substantial piece of concrete have been”, says Flemish mp Joris Vandenbroucke (sp.(a) photos of the damage to the bus spread through social media. the
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The bike – and footpaths under the E17 motorway flyover-#gentbrugge are life-threatening. That much is clear after a piece of concrete through the roof of a bus with @the line is cases. @BenWeyts and @wegenenverkeer need urgent measures. pic.twitter.com/kOzxb3ywWj
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“Security first”
Sylvie Syryn, spokeswoman for the AWV East Flanders, confirms the incident. Let them know that the garage of The Line and the park-and-ride under the bridge as soon as possible to be ended. That is decided after consultation with the Flemish public transport company, the city of Ghent and the local police.
“The safety is for all parties to be most important. All zones of The Line and the park-and-ride under the viaduct will be freed”, says Syryn. “For the passages we are going to see where it is safe and where things need to be ended, especially footpaths and cycle paths. It is not necessary to get everything to shut off, because the betonschade is especially at the height of the betonpijlers, which is not on the way.”
The timing of the clearance under the overpass is not yet clear. “We are now going conversations with small groups, to see where there are more diversions and closures. The evacuation will not yet for next week, but it will in the short term,” says Syryn.
Total renovation of
A complete renovation of the viaduct, the state in 2020 and 2021 planned. A zone of 1.6 km will be thoroughly addressed. Doing so will both the stability and the road to be addressed. “Until then, we keep the viaduct very well in the holes to prevent situations like this morning happen”, says the AWV.
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