Return address: PO Box 79092, 1070 NC

To residents and business owners in the area of Amsterdam Zuid station

Date Dear resident, business owner or interested party, 11-03-2019 Our reference We would like to inform you about the building works that will be 20190303 mk/SB taking place in your area between April and June. These are in preparation for two new passageways underneath the A10 and Handled by the railway; the station passage near Benjamin Brittenstraat and Christine Davidse the passageway for pedestrians and cyclists near Antonio Subject Vivaldistraat. The activities are part of the Zuidasdok project, Zuidasdok Project Building which also includes the widening and part-tunnelling of the A10 works Zuid and the complete overhaul of Amsterdam Zuid station.

Removal of the tracks and tunnel of the metro line 51 Westwijk As you may know, the GVB discontinued metro line 51 between Pagina 1 of 4 and Amsterdam Zuid station as of 3 March. This means that the building consortium ZuidPlus can now remove the tracks and tunnel near Arnold Schönberglaan, thus creating space for a future second station entrance. At the same time, the passageway at Antonio Vivaldistraat will be realised. See the map on the last page. Apart from a number of weekends, the inconvenience is expected to be limited. Those weekends are listed in the overview on the next page.

Visitors’ address Strawinskylaan 59 1077 XW Amsterdam

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Dates A10 Zuid Rail services Parnassusweg Other direction Saturday & direction city inconvenience (outer ring) Sunday centre 6-7 April Open Fewer metro’s Closed for cars Noise from demolition and trucks [lorries] 10-13 May Closed* No trains Open Noise from demolition 17-20 May Closed* No trains Open Noise from demolition 24-27 May Closed* No trains Open Mahlerplein entrance to station Zuid closed 31 May - 3 June Closed* No trains Open Trucks 7-11 June Closed* No trains Open A. Schönberglaan closed 15-16 June Open Fewer metro’s Closed for cars Noise from and trains demolition and trucks 22-23 June Open Fewer metro’s Closed for cars Trucks and trains *From 10pm on the first day to 5am on the last day

What we are going to do during these weekends? During these weekends, we will be carrying out building works that will affect the users of the A10 Zuid and the train and metro services. By concentrating the work at weekends, we can minimize the number of people affected and can avoid a much longer period of disruption. The tunnel of metro line 51 will be demolished over the course of a number of weekends in April, May and June. This tunnel runs underneath the A10 Zuid and the train and metro tracks. The demolished tunnel sections will be removed by trucks and the resulting void will be filled with sand. In addition, we will screw a number of foundation piles into the ground, which will bear the weight of the roofs of the new Britten passage and Vivaldi passage. During three weekends in June, components of the roof of these two passageways will be put into place. This will cut through the southern lanes of A10 Zuid and underneath the rail tracks. Finally, we will also widen the existing entrance to Amsterdam Zuid station on the Mahlerplein-side

What will these activities mean to you?

Noise and dust The demolition of the roof of the metro tunnel will be done with pneumatic drill which will be audible in the surrounding area. The tunnel walls will be demolished using reduced-noise demolition tools. The pneumatic drill will be used on Saturdays during the day and in the evening until 11pm at the latest. The other demolition works will take place in the nights between Saturday and Sunday, as well as on Sunday during the day. In addition to noise, these activities will also generate dust, which can cause a nuisance. To prevent this as much as possible, we will sprinkle the rubble with water.

Trucks Trucks will be running to and from the Arnold Schönberglaan and Parnassusweg to remove the rubble, and to deliver the sand. These trucks will drive via the Parnassusweg, Strawinskylaan and Beethoevenstraat and in the weekends when the A10 Zuid is closed to public traffic these arrivals and departures will be made via the A10 Zuid. Traffic coordinators will be deployed to ensure safe passage for all traffic including pedestrians and cyclists.

A10 Zuid The southern lanes of the A10 Zuid will be closed between 10pm Friday evening and 5am Monday morning for all four weekends in May and one in June. During the fifth weekend, the road closure will be extended to (Whit) Monday, 10 June for the whole day. The overview above shows exactly which weekends will be affected. Coming from the A10 West, the A10 Zuid will be closed from junction De Nieuwe Meer in the direction of both the A2 and the A10 Oost (junction Amstel). Coming from the A4/Schiphol Airport, the A10 Zuid will be closed from junction Badhoevedorp. Traffic will be diverted via the A5 and the A9. Access route S109 in the direction of junction Amstel will remain open every weekend, as will the A10 Zuid en the A4 in the direction of Schiphol Airport. Please allow at least a 30 minutes longer travel time, plus any possible impact of busier-than- normal traffic.

Train and metro No trains will be running to, from or via the Amsterdam Zuid and Amsterdam RAI stations on Saturdays and Sundays during the four weekends in May and one in June. During the fifth weekend, a limited timetable will be operated on (Whit) Monday, the 10th of June. When the trains are not operating, you can travel by metro. The overview above shows exactly which weekends are affected. It also shows during which weekends there will be fewer trains and metro’s. We advise you to consult a travel planner before setting out.

Information meeting and weekly walk-in consultation To give you a better insight into the building works taking place in April, May and June, as well as their likely impact on you, we have arranged an Information meeting on 26 March, in the WTC Zuidas Business & Conference Centre (Strawinskylaan 77). You can register for the afternoon (4pm to 6pm) or evening (7pm to 9pm) session via [email protected]. In addition, building consortium ZuidPlus will be present at the Zuidas information centre, between 3pm to 5pm every Tuesday from 11 March, where you can just walk in with any questions and comments relating to these activities.

More information? Should you have any immediate questions, then do not hesitate to contact us. We can be reached 24/7 on the freephone number 0800-5065, via [email protected] or in the Zuidas information centre. Also keep an eye on zuidas.nl, Facebook (facebook.com/zuidas) and Twitter (@zuidasamsterdam) for the most up-to-date news regarding the building works.

Kind regards,

Christine Davidse Stakeholder Manager ZuidPlus

Project organisation Zuidasdok is a co-operation between Rijkswaterstaat, ProRail and the City of Amsterdam. Zuidasdok is being realised by building consortium ZuidPlus.

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