Flanders exceeds goal of 1,000 km of new cycle paths – Travel Tomorrow
Flanders’ Copenhagen Plan had a goal of deploying 1,000 kilometers of additional bicycle paths but that number has been surpassed. The Flemish government had originally set aside 150 million euros for this ambitious endeavor. However, with 2,017 kilometers of projects submitted the local authorities and the provinces exceeded all expectations. Flemish Minister of Internal Administration, Bart Somers, decided to further increase the budget by 7 million euros. Together with the co-financing by provinces and cities and municipalities, this amounts to 412 million in new bicycle paths and bicycle highways.
The ambitions of the Copenhagen Plan have not only been met, but we have even revised them upwards.