0 50 100 Km Advanced GIS Project June 2008 Extending the old A68 highway Roermond-Baexem-Asten: Chiron Dijkstra (3072606) Justin Stook (3017885) Alternatives, costs, benefits and protecting the Peel ASTEN Abstract Detailed view from alternative A near -Zuid Job improvements About the road and the calculations regardering environmental issues R O E R M O N D Best The first alternative is a new road from Baexem to Asten via Leveroy and De Grote Peel is a relative sandy area in the southeastern part of Nuenen CA Venray The road itself will be a double two lane highway, with a safety lane on the outer edges, and a green safety zone the , located in the southeast of the province of Heusden-Zuid, with an additional, fast highway to . Intention is to between both directions. Each direction contains 9.6 meters, and the total itself is about 21 meters. The picture below EINDHOVEN avoid as much as forest and built-up area as possible. Nevertheless, 22 houses EINDHOVEN !( - Horst aan de Maas Noord-Brabant, and the central part of . We tried to see if a !( Deurne illustrates this situation, the picture on the right illustrates the junction of the new road with the A67 highway. have to be removed, and 253 houses will suffer noise pollution. Still, most of the Eindhoven Mierlo new highway through this area will help improve the infrastructure, ASTEN forestry has been saved. A detailed view (below) illustrates the situation ASTEN !( Sevenum Venlo !( while avoiding as much as natural damage as possible. The new near Heusden-Zuid Road cross section A67/A68 Junction Someren Asten highway must connect the A2/N280 near Baexem/Roermond to - Maasbree the A67 near Asten/Deurne. We'd recommend an extra, highway/ring Meijel Helden connection in the east of Eindhoven, however. Kessel Three alternatives are offered: (A) - Based on connecting as much as places as possible, including a Heusden Beesel free highway exit to Someren, oriented at the west side of De Grote Peel Leudal (B) - A route as short as possible oriented at the east side of De Grote Roermond ROERMOND !( !( ROERMOND Peel, connecting Heythuysen and Meijel Maasgouw (C) - Based on land use, computed via ArcGIS, avoiding as much as Roerdalen dwellings and forests as possible. Source: CBS/Statline, 2008 Source: CBS/Statline, 2008 Originally, a 4th alternative was offered, for improving existing roads, 0 10 20 Km 0 10 20 Km Within the analysis, we have taken care into the size of the road. In all cases, the roads width has been 22 meters (21+1), however, since the builtup area was to close near Someren and Asten, but we have doubled this size into 44, as it is plausible if there would be a house direct next to a safety lane. Regarding this would led to even more (if not extreme) costs and environmental the noise pollution, according to the Nota Mobility, 65 dB is the absolute limit for built-up area. This equals a 100 meter degredation. Alternative A Job accessibility and travelling time improvement Job availability distance of the existing area. However, sometimes it was near impossible to avoid such areas, in case there was 'ribbon development' present (in Dutch: lintbebouwing) and to prevent the new road from being to curvy, Each alternative has it pro's and cons, as displayed on this poster. Potential value increasements After calculations has been made with Destination Constrained Potential Model Per postal code we have to demolish some houses. We'd like to build sound walls, instead of removing all those other Based on the least damage to forests, houses and noise pollution, 0,01 - 0,07 within Flowmap, it turned out alternative A was the best for job accessibility. 0 - 203 dwellings within 100 meters. It is still costly, but at least the people don't have to move. we agree alternative C would be the best. The segments considering 0,07 - 0,09 Especially near the start and finish of the highway, more jobs will be within reach. Notice that the are in between is skipped, as this are barely contains houses, 204 - 573 costs are displayed in the graph below. 0,09 - 0,13 as well as it doesn't have any exit points near it. 574 - 1322 Conclusion 0,13 - 0,45 Alternative B and alternative C doesn't contain so much positive effects, though. The three alternatives Detailed view from alternative B near de Grote Peel (North) We think the third alternative (C) is the best solution. The costs are minimal, and the environmental damage > 0,45 Still, Eindhoven is for the local commuter a bit too far away, as the travelling time 1323 - 2757 is at least as possible. Yet, a lot of agricultural land use will be considered lost, but lots of forests will be protected, and so are the Helmond-Dierdonk Ysselstein Stagnant from Roermond to Asten via all alternatives takes some 29 minutes, while 2758 - 21639 The second alternative made by free hand is a new road from Baexem to Asten houses. With the help of lots of buffering analysis, we could see that still over 200 dwellings will suffer from noise pollution Railroads Veulen via Heythuysen and Meijel, along the edges of lots of forest patches and the Municipality in the past it used to be between 35-45 minutes, so at least there's a Municipality Alternative A (more then 65 dB = people living within a 100m radiance). Yet, the effects on jobs and commuters are still unsure, and the effects Helmond/Stiphout Grote Peel. Still, 11 houses have to be removed, and 201 houses will suffer noise travelling time improvement. See also the summary on the bottom right. Alternative B pollution. The road is somehow longer, but yet cheaper in comparison of will be only noticed near Roermond and Asten; barely in between and outside the region. The effect is however huge for fire calamities: in case of a burn in 'de Grote Peel', more fire corpses are able to reach it in time. Deurne Alternative C alternative A. A detailed view (below) illustrates the situation near the northern Commuter flows over alternative C Highways edge of the Grote Peel, where some scattered houses outside the urban area Yet, we think that an extention on both sides of the new road must be needed, both to Helmond/Deurne-Eindhoven, Griendtsveen-west Vlierden clearly suffer from noise pollution. and a general upgrade of the N280 as well. Mierlo GriendtsveNena-otioosnt al road America On short term, there are no major changes in commuter flows to be The map below displays the change in commuter flows in comparison of the Land use (2003) expected. The only change that will occur, is a flow from Asten to normal situation. The roads only shows the existing roads; the alternative flow It seems that alternative C is also the least costly alternative, referring to the final outcome on the left. Rail infrastructure Baexem via alternative C. We can't guarantee that the flows from will have an increase anyways (as displayed on the map left). Ommel Although the costs on bridges, viaducts and other costs are fixed, alternative A takes a lot of costs. Lierop Road infrastructure the ring around Eindhoven will decrease, though. Once again, it Interestingly, the A2 will experience a increasement in traffic, while this shouldn't Liessel Airport infrastructure would be a good idea to make a new analysis with an extra road be. The A67 Asten-Venlo will have a decreasing flow. Travelling time is improved in any alternative, varying in one minute between the three alternatives; in comparison of Asten Builtup area / Residential on the east of Eindhoven (or Helmond/Deurne), for further the old situation that's still 10, up to 15 minutes. Industrial area enhancements. See for yourself in the summery (= multi criterea analysis) below Helenaveen Someren Green, sport, recreation Heusden Horticulture Multi Criterea Analysis

Neerkant Agriculture EINDHOVEN (! Forest Grashoek Someren-Eind ASTEN Open nature (! Someren-Heide MeijelWater

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Ospel Heibloem ROERMOND Alternative C: (! Alternative C: Nederweert Number of commuters Change in commuter flows 0 - 2000 < - 2500 Laar Eind Detailed view from Alternative C near Ospel 2001 - 4000 -2500 - 0 Roggel 4001 - 10000 No change 10001 - 20000 1 - 2500 Weert/Boshoven The third alternative is computed via ArcGis and we weighted built-up area, 0 5 10 Km 0 5 10 Km Leveroy Heythuysen > 20000 > 2500 ROERMOND Nunhem dwellings, forestry, dry nature a high priority in order to let the software (! 'searching' for the optimal route. With some adjustments, we created an even Haelen Swartbroek better route, with less damage to houses and environmental issues. Source: Topografische Dienst Nederland (2003) / Commute2k.dbf Source: Topografische Dienst Nederland (2003) / Commute2k.dbf Baexem 12 houses will have to make place for the highway, 207 houses will suffer from Ell Altweerterheide Kelpen noise pollution. See a detailed view below, which displays the area east of Ospel. Tungelroy Horn Improvement in accessibility for fire stations in case of calamities in De Grote Peel We wanted to investigated if one of our alternative roads have an significant positive influence on the time needed for the Stramproy Grathem Hunsel Beegden fire stations to get to 'De Grote Peel' in case of a major fire. To calculate this we used 'regular catchment areas' Haler Ool Heel Roermond/Herten/Merum in Flowmap. The maps below only shows the fire stations that are within sixteen minutes of 'De Grote Peel'. Other Panheel fire stations aren't displayed. The time needed for the fire men to get to their station hasn't been taken into account in Source: Topografische Dienst Nederland (2003) 0 2,5 5 Km this calculation. The blue points shows the current situation: Just five fire stations are within sixteen minutes.

Share/segments (in % of costs) per alternative All our alternative roads have the more or less the same significant positive influence, but the best one is alternative C. References Acknowledgements Alternative C saves almost 40% of the time needed for the fire stations to get to 'De Grote Peel' The black points shows alternative C. The positive influence is clearly vissible in the amount of fire stations within sixteen - Björk et al (2006), Road traffic noise in southern Sweden We would like to thank Fred Toppen and Tom de Jong minutes of 'De Grote Peel: 22. and its relation to annoyance, disturbance of daily activities for their help on solving problems, especially with the and health. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environmental & Health. Flowmap troubles. Furthermore, we would like to thank Fire stations within 16 minutes In: Stroh, E. (2006), The use of GIS in Exposure-Response Studies, the other students and Hielke Koppert for giving some a regional study of Air pollution and Noise in southern Sweden. tips and tricks. Last, but not least, we would like to thank Fire stations within 16 minutes Lund: Trychkeriet I E-huset. Jasper Donker from the Boskalis Company, for providing us information about the roads and infrastructure properties. Highways - Eck, J.R.R. van (1993): Chapter 5: De Toepassing van netwerk- National road afstanden in GIS: Drie case studies. In: NGS 165: Methodologies 0 250 500 M Analyse van transportnetwerken in GIS voor sociaal- Alternative A geografisch onderzoek, 1993. Source: Topografische Dienst Nederland (2005) Alternative B Scale, legend and source for all detailed maps above - Fire departments of Southeast Brabant (& National): Alternative C Alternative A Distance of road Building / house Regional road Orchards - http://www.brandweer.org Alternative B 0 - 20 m Builtup area Local road Heath Fire stations within 16 minutes in old situation - http://www.zuidoostbrabant.brandweer.nl Alternative C 21 - 40 m Cemetery Forest Sand Fire stations within 16 minutes in new situation 41 - 60 m High way Agriculture Other land use - Gijsendorpher et al (2006). http://www.stillerverkeer.nl/stillewegdekken/ 61 - 80 m Main road Horticulture Water Grote Peel 81 - 100 m Other road Meadow land IPGwegdekken/downloads/prijsvraag_SSH%20perceel%202.pdf

Land use legend: see land use top left map - Kosten, Bouw & Infra (2008), http://www.gwwkosten.nl/ Total costs Source: brandweer.org (2008) & 0 5 10 Km - Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat (2005), Nota Mobility I-IV, Topografische Dienst Nederland (2003) The Hague.

- Topografische Dienst Nederland (2003; 2005)

- Vroom Funderingstechnieken (2008) http://www.vroom.nl/ho/nieuws.html?id=47