Grimbergen Humbeek is again somewhat a whole. A ferry service connects for the first time since the heavy maritime accident two weeks ago to re-smooth the two banks for pedestrians and cyclists. A relief for many, though there was still some patience in watching.
Two weeks after a ship, the deck rammed is especially the east side of the channel is not more cut off from the rest of the village. There provides a ferry service across the channel as a new bridge deck is still four months away could wait.
The ferry was immediately pressure is used. At 9: 30am, had a hundred people crossing the river – that is less than three minutes – made. “Then you should know that the snow plays a role, and everyone still needs to get used to the new situation. The shuttle bus today for the last time. Tomorrow I expect even more people,” says skipper René Verbeeck. He will together with his son Nils ferry to take care of with some extra help from colleagues.
The Humbekenaren were there for the entertainment, as it turns out. “At 6 a.m. we started, and there stood on the two banks already several people waiting.
Verbeeck still needs a lot of explanation to provide. “A timetable is not out. Perhaps it should be there, but work of be made. I’ve been called 80 times explained (laughs). Some questions also that I immediately overvaar but I’m not going to start. Then I also get in trouble with the timetable.”
