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Led by: Municipality of SluisContact: Tiny MaenhoutTel. +31 117 457 256email tmaenhout@oostburg.nl
The project will provide a feasibility study for the development of a tourist transport system between Breskens and Sluis in the west of Zeeuws Vlaanderen, the most southern coast in The Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland.
Tourism in summer is extensive with most long-term and day-visitors arriving by car. The Municipality of Sluis carries out several mobility projects to stimulate the use of public transport and develop measures for sustainable and liveable tourist areas.
ACTIVITY UPDATES:-
Feasibility Study, August 2004A study carried out by ANT was completed this summer. The feasibility study showed that two attractive types of transport are suitable for the region: a tram on narrow rails or a splashtrolley.
The first traffic system has been further implemented in a so-called Masterplan for the area between Breskens and Groede.
Market research has also been carried out, mainly with tourists, to investigate if potentially enough people are willing to use the coastal tram rather than their private car.
Both reports have positive conclusions to continue with the implementation of the tram in West Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
Baseline analysis, January 2003Tourism is an important factor for this area. The Municipality of Sluis - Oostburg has developed a plan to revitalise the coastal zone. part of the plan is based on a new traffic structure in which parking is centralised in 'parking rooms', which will be accessible from the more inland main road and are located near five coastal destinations. Car traffic on the coast road will be discouraged, used only by bicycles, public transport or walking. This plans are expected to reduce traffic problems along the coast and to introduce quiet zones.
In addition, the municipality intends to increase the use of collective transport by offering an attractive transportation system that is also experienced as an attraction itself. The current summer bus runs once an hour from breskens (where it connects to the ferry to Vlissingen) via Sluis to Knokke in Belgium (where it connects with the Belgium coast tram). The new transport system has to meet the following demands:
The Municipality of Sluis-Oostburg will employ ANT, a specialised consultancy in traffic and transport to develop possible concepts and the feasibility study for a system description, a ridership calculation, a trace plan and an implement plan.