Yes, there is a follow-up on the article of yesterday where street lights were in the middle of the cycling lane in Blankenberge.
Fluvius was suddenly very quick to remove the old street lights, but had some bad news on why they hadn’t installed the lights yet… it appears the lights weren’t even ordered. Now they obviously have been ordered, but the street will be without lights until spring ’22. 🤦♂️
For reference: the article of yesterday: [https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/11/30/absurd-beeld-in-blankenberge-verlichtingspalen-in-het-midden-va/](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/11/30/absurd-beeld-in-blankenberge-verlichtingspalen-in-het-midden-va/)
The update: [https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/12/01/verlichtingspalen-dan-toch-van-fietspad-gehaald-nieuwe-zijn-nog/](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/12/01/verlichtingspalen-dan-toch-van-fietspad-gehaald-nieuwe-zijn-nog/)
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Translation via Deepl:
Lighting poles removed from Blankenberge bike path after all: “New ones haven’t been ordered yet”.
The lighting poles that were in the middle of a new bike path in Blankenberge have been moved. You’ll have to wait a long time for the new ones.
The area around the Hugo Verriestlaan in Blankenberge will be reconstructed this year with more than 2 kilometers of new bicycle lanes. The old lighting poles were not yet removed, so they stood in the middle of a new bike path. The images were shared massively online.
This laughter probably also came to the attention of the town council. Blankenberge immediately contacted the utility company and asked for a quick solution. And that came about because on Wednesday the poles were suddenly moved. But that did not solve the problem. For the new LED lighting is still waiting until the spring of 2022.
“Now it appears that the new lighting poles were not even ordered yet,” sighs Mayor Björn Prasse (Open VLD). “The order was placed right away, but the poles would only be installed in the spring of 2022.”
Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Peak Belgium lol
Belgium at it’s best, always running after the fackts.
And simply acknlowledging a mistake and postponing the works wasn’t an option of course…
Spring 22 before they are placed maybe, but when will they be turned on? I live in Antwerp close to a crossing on the Londenstraat and the street lights have been here for 3 years but have yet to be used lol
That neatly arranged bike path with colored bricks is going to look like a goddamn mess after Fluvius passes twice, too.
So how good was the removal job? Is there now a gaping hole in these now-dark cycling paths? Because I kind of expect Fluvius to go “restoring the cycling path is not our job” and just leave it all open after removing the poles…
Legit I thought Schauvliege had done something again
Fluvius, the gift that keeps on giving. Seriously, how incompetent are those guys?
If they just operated as a normal company, they wouldn’t have to destroy those new cycle lanes days after they had been laid. I guarantee the quality of their brickwork will be a lot worse than the original, and cyclists will feel it forever.
Of course no accountability or fines or any repercussions for Fluvius. The managers will still get their bonusses even for jobs well done
I’ll never be able to comprehend the incompetence of the people who work on public works like that