The Brussels regional traffic agency Brussels Mobility has announced that four of the capital’s road tunnels will be closed for maintenance during summer months. The work will be carried out during July and August as there is around 20% less traffic on Brussels’ roads during the summer holiday period. In addition to the tunnel closures, Brussels Mobility will be carrying out work above ground to make travelling more pleasant and safer for cyclists on some of the capital’s busiest thoroughfares.
From 15 July until the end of August work will be carried out to remove asbestos from the Delta Tunnel at the end of the E411 in Oudergem. A diversion will be in place via the Waversesteenweg, the Vorstlaan and the Invalidenlaan. The neaby Beaulieu bridge (above the E411 and the Delta tunnel) will also close for resurfacing work until the end of the summer vacation.
From 1 July the Tervurentunnel between the Wetstraat and the Tervurenlaan will also be partially closed. The tunnel that usually carries traffic from the west into the centre of Brussels will be closed. This will mean that traffic in both directions will have to use the eastbound tunnel. The westbound tunnel will re-open on 5 August. Then the eastbound tunnel will close and traffic heading both east and west will have to use the westbound tunnel.
The Woluwe Tunnel under the Wouluwelaan in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe will also be closed between 15 and 19 July and the Reyers-Centre Tunnel that takes traffic from the end of the E40 in Schaarbeek to the city centre will be closed from 22 July to 31 August.
Cycle-friendly boulevards
In addition to the work that will be carried out in the tunnels, Brussels Mobility will also be carrying out work to make several major roads more pleasant and safer for cyclists. These include the Vuurkruisenlaan in the north of the city. The Saincteletteplein on the edge of the city centre with also be made more cycle-friendly and a two-way cycle path with be created between the Leopold III-laan and the Haachtsesteenweg in Evere.
Work will also be carried out on the ring road that surrounds Brussels City Centre to make it safer for cyclists. Meanwhile, work will continue on the construction of the Toots Thielemans metro station and the renovation of the metro station adjacent to Brussels Central railway station.