Your host : Agnes Algera

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1 Your host : Agnes Algera Some facts: Utrecht is the 4th largest city of the Netherlands jobs; business service, health care and residents; a young city creative sector dwellings G50 s highest educated labour force The Dom church, canal-side cellars and Miffy university students; college students

2 Central positioned city and part of an urban agglomeration called Randstad

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4 Amsterdam Utrecht anno 2014 > citizens Hilversum 4th city of NL Amersfoort/ Zwolle/ Gouda/ Rotterdam/ Den Haag Leeuwarden/ Groningen Utrecht Science Park Uithof Biggest knowledge centre of the Netherlands Leidsche Rijn New urban district: new citizens Young/high educated/ double income Den Bosch Arnhem / Nijmegen

5 The historic city centre is protected

6 The Dom highest church tower of the Netherlands

7 Historic City Centre Use of the historic city centre has intensified It needs to expand to accomodate all facilities

8 Historic City New City Centre Centre Station Area Best option: to develop the station area and improve the connection to the city centre

9 New City Centre Station Area Focus on developing station area

10 A massive area development project

11 27 projects - total investment ±

12 Partners NS Stations Total investments estimated: ± 3 billion

13 .. doing nothing was not an option (anymore)..

14 Huidige Extremely intensive situatie use op of space straat

15 Poor relations between downgraded public space and outdated real estate

16 East: Station Street traverse between the station and the mall in 2007

17 Over bikes parked in public space Back entrance station west side at Jaarbeurs square 2011

18 In 1955 we had the first traffic jam in Utrecht

19 Nowadays new phenomenon: bike traffic jams

20 Smakkelaarsveld Hoog Catharijne/ tramhalte Sijpesteijn Jaarbeursplein Over parked bicycles and only stands Large part is related to public transport

21 Plus the biggest Public Transport hub of the Netherlands 19 train tracks cut through our city Over passengers per day through Utrecht Central Station

22 Development according to 3 themes Restore - Connect Give meaning

23 Restore Disappeared city canals are made visible again

24 Nieuw Centrum First part of the Catharijnesingel canal ready in 2015, second part in 2019

25 Catharijnesingel

26 Connect Improvement West-East connection for cyclists and pedestrians

27 Utrecht Central from 70 s (was build for 35 million users per year in 2015 we had 88 million users!!)

28 Utrecht Central: ready in 2016 for: 100 million users per year

29 Give Meaning Culture Offices Culture 1 million m² -> 126 soccer fields 331 apartments car parking spaces Leisure bicycle stands 88 million passengers/yr -> CS

30 Also an enormous necessity Kantoren Cultuur Cultuur Housing Leisure Culture 1 million m² -> 126 soccer fields apartments (331) car parking spaces (6.000) bicycle stands (16.000) 100 million passengers/yr -> CS (60 million) = bicycle stands

31 soort art 19.1 velverg rijksmonumverg rijksmonumverg onttr.weg openb verk. BUS melding art 19.1 art 17 sloopverg sloopverg Melding AMVb Verkeersbesluit Bouwverg Tracevergunning art 19.1 In-uitritvergunning Inname Openb.Grond onttrekking grondwater BVG project omschrijving ontvankel. ter visie start eind zienswijzen verleend aantal verwerkt dd woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg woningen op winkels/ fietsenst ja stuks zie 1 Bouwrijp Vredenburg vellen bomen vredenburg ja ( ) Bouwrijp Vredenburg leidingen verleggen ja geen ( ) woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg in zicht brengen monumenten ja geen ( ) Bouwrijp Vredenburg delen van de trottoirs aan de rijnkade enjahet vredenburg aan het openbaar 3 stuks verkeer onttrekken zie 5 Bouwrijp Vredenburg saneren grond bouwrijp Vrd/mzp ja zie 6 Muziekpaleis bouw Muziekpaleis zie 7 Bouwrijp Vredenburg tijd. verleggen weg Vredenb.Nrd ja stuks ja ( ) Bouwrijp Vredenburg sloop fietsenstalling ja ( ) Muziekpaleis slopen kleine zaal ja zie 10 woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg Milieuvergunning ja n Bouwrijp Vredenburg tijdelijke verkeersmaatregelen ja geen ( )( ) woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg woningen op winkels/ fietsenst ja afh art 19 Bouwrijp Vredenburg verleggen leidingen nutsbedrijven? Kop Jaarbeurs Casino/Megabios/parkeergar aug-07 Bouwrijp Vredenburg ja 20-jun 1-aug-07 Bouwrijp Vredenburg?? woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg warmtepomp? muziekpaleis bouw kelderdak muziekpaleis zie 12 More than procedures No project higher than the Dom church tower Consulting the citizens onherr. Constructing while the shop stays open Before we can build bezwaar *=voorlvrz 1 st, zie 2 * zie 3 zie 4 zie 8 1 st, zie 9 zie 11

32 Smakkelaarsveld Hoog Catharijne/ UtrechtCS Temporarily relocating thousands of bicycles To free up space for construction Sijpesteijn/ Westplein Restructuring underground spaghetti Jaarbeursplein Integral remediation and control plan for Research on archeological findings Before we can build polluted ground

33 180 million cubic meter polluted Areas of concentrated soil pollution

34 Focus on a specific type of soil pollution VOCL: volatile organic chlorine compounds Characteristics of VOCL very mobile (drinkingwater) evaporate: carcinogenic biological remediation

35 Problem It was not permitted to let pollution spread in the aquifer according to the former Law on Soil Conservation The law required a single case-orientated approach Our station area, with up to 30 projects, asked for an area based conceptual approach Conceptual instead of case-orientated

36 Station Area Utrecht: The Dutch Pilot Area changing the Law on Soil Conservation Pilots: Smart monitoring network ATES as remediation measure Area focussed groundwater management This is part of the Interreg / Citychlor initiative, A financial instrument of the European Union s Cohesion Policy

37 Monitoring Network

38 Numbers Monitoring wells 750 Length filters 15 km Monitoring analyses Estimated costs ,- term 30 year

39 Underground Biowashingmachine: mixing Stimulation biological remediation ATES source of pollution traditional approach phase 2; centre traditional approach phase 2; centre area oriented approach phase 1; Station area

40 More information & all documents: - Albert de Vries (a.de.vries@utrecht.nl) - Marcel Herms (m.herms@utrecht.nl)