Your host : Agnes Algera Some facts: Utrecht is the 4th largest city of the Netherlands 230.069 jobs; business service, health care and 334.295 residents; a young city creative sector 147.512 dwellings G50 s highest educated labour force The Dom church, canal-side cellars and Miffy 30.500 university students; 42.000 college students
Central positioned city and part of an urban agglomeration called Randstad
Amsterdam Utrecht anno 2014 > 335.000 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: 100.000 new citizens Young/high educated/ double income Den Bosch Arnhem / Nijmegen
The historic city centre is protected
The Dom highest church tower of the Netherlands
Historic City Centre Use of the historic city centre has intensified It needs to expand to accomodate all facilities
Historic City New City Centre Centre Station Area Best option: to develop the station area and improve the connection to the city centre
New City Centre Station Area Focus on developing station area
A massive area development project
27 projects - total investment ± 3.000.000.000
Partners NS Stations Total investments estimated: ± 3 billion
.. doing nothing was not an option (anymore)..
Huidige Extremely intensive situatie use op of space straat
Poor relations between downgraded public space and outdated real estate
East: Station Street traverse between the station and the mall in 2007
Over 4.000 bikes parked in public space Back entrance station west side at Jaarbeurs square 2011
In 1955 we had the first traffic jam in Utrecht
Nowadays new phenomenon: bike traffic jams
Smakkelaarsveld Hoog Catharijne/ tramhalte Sijpesteijn Jaarbeursplein Over 22.000 parked bicycles and only 20.000 stands Large part is related to public transport
Plus the biggest Public Transport hub of the Netherlands 19 train tracks cut through our city Over 285.000 passengers per day through Utrecht Central Station
Development according to 3 themes Restore - Connect Give meaning
Restore Disappeared city canals are made visible again
2007 2010 Nieuw Centrum 2014 2015 First part of the Catharijnesingel canal ready in 2015, second part in 2019
Catharijnesingel
Connect Improvement West-East connection for cyclists and pedestrians
Utrecht Central from 70 s 2013.. (was build for 35 million users per year in 2015 we had 88 million users!!)
Utrecht Central: ready in 2016 for: 100 million users per year
Give Meaning Culture Offices Culture 1 million m² -> 126 soccer fields 331 apartments 6.000 car parking spaces Leisure 16.000 bicycle stands 88 million passengers/yr -> CS
Also an enormous necessity Kantoren Cultuur 600 500 1.500 4.200 2.200 Cultuur 1.200 Housing 12.500 1.100 135 700 Leisure 3.500 Culture 1 million m² -> 126 soccer fields 2.229 apartments (331) 8.500 car parking spaces (6.000) 33.000 bicycle stands (16.000) 100 million passengers/yr -> CS (60 million) 22.000 + 11.000 = 33.000 bicycle stands
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 7-2-2007 20-3-2007 9 stuks zie 1 Bouwrijp Vredenburg vellen bomen vredenburg ja 30-1-2007 (14-03-2007) Bouwrijp Vredenburg leidingen verleggen ja 18-4-2007 30-5-2007 geen 20-6-2007 (02-08-2007) woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg in zicht brengen monumenten ja 11-4-2007 23-5-2007 geen 6-6-2007 (19-07-2007) Bouwrijp Vredenburg delen van de trottoirs aan de rijnkade enjahet vredenburg 22-12-2006 aan het 2-2-2007 openbaar 3 stuks verkeer onttrekken zie 5 Bouwrijp Vredenburg saneren grond bouwrijp Vrd/mzp ja 12-1-2007 zie 6 Muziekpaleis bouw Muziekpaleis zie 7 Bouwrijp Vredenburg tijd. verleggen weg Vredenb.Nrd ja 7-3-2007 19-4-2007 3 stuks ja 22-5-2007 (12-07-2007) Bouwrijp Vredenburg sloop fietsenstalling ja 28-2-2007 (11-04-2007) Muziekpaleis slopen kleine zaal ja zie 10 woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg Milieuvergunning ja n 12-3-2007 Bouwrijp Vredenburg tijdelijke verkeersmaatregelen ja 16-5-2007 30-5-2007 geen (27-06-2007)(09-08-2007) woon/winkelgeb de Vredenburg woningen op winkels/ fietsenst ja afh art 19 Bouwrijp Vredenburg verleggen leidingen nutsbedrijven? Kop Jaarbeurs Casino/Megabios/parkeergar.. 20-6-2007 2-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 6.000 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
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
180 million cubic meter polluted Areas of concentrated soil pollution
Focus on a specific type of soil pollution VOCL: volatile organic chlorine compounds Characteristics of VOCL very mobile (drinkingwater) evaporate: carcinogenic biological remediation
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
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 2009-2013 Interreg / Citychlor initiative, A financial instrument of the European Union s Cohesion Policy
Monitoring Network
Numbers Monitoring wells 750 Length filters 15 km Monitoring 500.000 analyses Estimated costs 17.000.000,- term 30 year
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
More information & all documents: www.citychlor.eu - Albert de Vries (a.de.vries@utrecht.nl) - Marcel Herms (m.herms@utrecht.nl)