BAM Infra Nederland

On Thursday 24 May, we opened a unique stretch of road in the province of Utrecht, the only road in the Netherlands with solar panels in the road surface. This is a two-year pilot project.

‘Everything went according to plan,’ said Rick Bruinink, project leader for BAM Infra. That sounds quite logical. But is there any logic to manoeuvring 1,000 tonnes of steel across several tracks? ‘It's all a matter of thorough preparation, a good design and the right calculations in advance,’ Rick continued. And even that is not enough. You also need the right people on site. This all came together in Zwolle during this year's Whit Sunday weekend.

The day when the coalition in Amsterdam decided that the city should become largely car-free by further increasing parking fees and cancelling 10,000 parking slots, BAM Infra already had a solution for this: a bike-based mobility concept!

You might be inclined to think that working in a nature reserve is something that only nature managers and forest rangers do. But at BAM, we also work in nature areas every now and then. A good example of this is the Groene Woud (Green Forest) in the province of Noord-Brabant, where BAM Infra worked on the Natuurbrug De Mortelen ecoduct.

Under the motto of ‘Better and more’, NS and ProRail are working together intensively to raise the railway system and public transport in the Netherlands to a higher level. For example, on the Amsterdam - Utrecht line, trains are running every ten minutes. And by 2028, you should be able to catch intercity or sprinter trains every ten minutes on all the busy lines. This should put an end to the use of timetables.

Do you recognise this situation? You are waiting, on your bike, at a closed level crossing, like you do every day. You are surrounded by cars with their engines running and there is a group of excited students behind you. You are waiting for the red lights to go out so that you can ride on at full speed and be on time for your appointment. And then you see a development sign next to the road: ‘This March, BAM is starting the construction of two tunnels underneath the railway line so as to improve accessibility and safety for motorists and cyclists.’ That sounds good! Wouldn't it be great if you could just ride on, without having to worry about cars that pass you at high speed?

It was no coincidence that pupils of the De Bongerd primary school played a central role in the official opening of the new N264 ring road in Haps. Their school yard borders on what used to be the main road through the town. However, the new ring road has now made their way to school and their way home safer.

With effect from 2019, more than 1200 buses will be using the new bus bridge to cross the railway tracks in Zwolle every day. In order to take some pressure off the busy north side of the railway station, the current bus station will be moved to the south side. The buses from the north and the centre of Zwolle will be using the new bus bridge to quickly and comfortably transport travellers to and from the new bus platform.