Netherlands traffic congestion increasing

The Netherlands is seeing a massive increase in traffic congestion on its road network. Traffic volumes for the first six months of 2018 were 20% higher than for the same period in the previous year. The data was collated by the Netherlands-based transport body ANWB. This also reveals that the most severe congestion problems occurred on the A4 highway between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the A20 highway between the Hoek van Holland and Gouda and the A27 highway between Utrecht and Breda.
July 5, 2018 Read time: 1 min

The Netherlands is seeing a massive increase in traffic congestion on its road network. Traffic volumes for the first six months of 2018 were 20% higher than for the same period in the previous year. The data was collated by the Netherlands-based transport body 5181 ANWB. This also reveals that the most severe congestion problems occurred on the A4 highway between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the A20 highway between the Hoek van Holland and Gouda and the A27 highway between Utrecht and Breda.

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