Public consultation: the project initiation documentation

On 18 May 2018, the Flemish Government approved the project initiation documentation (startnota and procesnota) for the regional spatial implementation plan ‘Spatial Redesign of Brussels Ring Road - Northern Section' ('Ruimtelijke herinrichting Ring rond Brussel- deel Noord’). In doing so, the Flemish Government has committed to drafting a plan for changing land use and adjusting zoning regulations for the spatial redesign of the Brussels Ring Road between and including the Groot-Bijgaarden and Sint-Stevens-Woluwe interchanges, in order to make a safer ring road and a better working and living environment around the ring road.

The Flemish Government will only take an initial decision on the plan after a public consultation period about the intentions of the plan. The consultation period is from 1 June up to and including 30 July 2018.

The public are invited to give their response to the project initiation documentation. Everyone can take part.

During the consultation period, the project initiation documentation can be viewed at the following places:

• in the town halls of Drogenbos, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Dilbeek, Asse, Wemmel, Merchtem, Meise, Grimbergen, Vilvoorde, Machelen, Steenokkerzeel, Zaventem, Kraainem and Wezembeek-Oppem 
• in the Regional Development, Environmental Planning and Projects section of the Department of the Environment in Graaf de Ferrarisgebouw, Boulevard du Roi Albert II 20 (Koning Albert II-laan 20), 1000 Brussels

You can also download the plan from the websites www.omgevingvlaanderen.be and www.werkenaandering.be/nl/denk-mee.

The procedure concerns land in the Flemish Region. However, the municipalities of Brussels, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region will also be asked for recommendations.

3 public participation sessions will be organised on 3 consecutive Saturdays: 

• 9 June from 10am to 1pm in the Gemeentecomplex, Zijp 101 in Wemmel,
• 16 June from 10am to 1pm in De Factorij, Keibergstraat 1 in Zaventem,
• 23 June from 10am to 1pm in the Kruitfabriek, Steenkaai 44D in Vilvoorde

You are very welcome to attend!

Public consultation responses can be submitted until Monday 30 July 2018 via the website www.omgevingvlaanderen.be.

You can also respond by letter. Hand in your letter and receive proof of submission at one of the following town halls: Drogenbos, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Dilbeek, Asse, Wemmel, Merchtem Meise, Grimbergen, Vilvoorde, Machelen, Steenokkerzeel, Zaventem, Kraainem or Wezembeek-Oppem. Alternatively, send the letter by registered post to Departement Omgeving, afdeling Gebiedsontwikkeling, Omgevingsplanning en -projecten, Graaf de Ferrarisgebouw, Boulevard de Roi Albert II 20 postbox 7, 1000 Brussels.