📋 Tender Overview
Accessible Cities a joint approach of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area MRA and the national government has reached a new milestone the 9 municipalities involved have determined a tailor-made approach for each area to accelerate housing construction.7 of these municipalities are located in the province of North Holland. This means that steps are now being taken to implement the plans. Reinforcing the 9 city centers is good for more than 65000 extra homes on top of the regular plans.With Accessible Cities a tailor-made approach is developed for each area in which living working public space and accessibility come together. Alkmaar Almere Haarlem Hilversum Hoofddorp Hoorn Lelystad Purmerend and Zaanstad have mapped out investments in these area plans that are necessary to ensure a balanced development of the city centres.Customized approachThere is currently a great demand for affordable housing. That is why the area plans focus on the period up to 2030. Each plan states how many homes jobs and facilities can be built in the area. In addition each area plan contains a list of projects and measures that are required to be able to develop the area. For example think of the construction of a new bus lane bicycle parking spaces or making a road car-free.With Accessible Cities we want to achieve the following goals within the 9 city centersAccelerated tackling of the housing shortageOptimizing accessibilityStimulating employmentBe sustainable and continue to adapt to climate changeInvesting in quality of life and inclusivity.Next stepsIt now comes down to executing these projects and ensuring mutual coherence. The Accessible Cities Program focuses first on the projects that are planned before 2025 and that have the highest priority. The task in the city centers is too great for the municipalities and province alone. With the new coalition agreement in hand the collaborating parties can now make an estimate of the available government resources. That is why the collaborating parties in the Accessible Cities program will be holding intensive discussions in the coming period with the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning VRO and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management IenW to make administrative agreements about the implementation of the area plans.
