📋 Tender Overview
The Versluys Group will start the construction of a small game grid along the Amersfoortseweg N237 in De Bilt on behalf of the province of Utrecht. A game grid prevents animals from being hit on the provincial road and contributes to road safety. The work is expected to last until April 23.The game grid starts at Utrechtseweg and has a length of more than 700 meters. The works will take place between the main carriageway and the parallel road and will not hinder traffic.Activities and planningAt the entrance to the parallel road a cattle grid with iron bars and a concrete base is first placed. Animals do not dare to walk on the iron bars but cars can easily drive over them to the houses behind them. The schedule will be posted on April 6 and 7. Residents who use the entrance must temporarily take a different route. They have been informed about this. When the grid is ready the contractor will start laying the game grid between the parallel road and the main carriageway. The construction takes about two weeks. The grid is executed in galvanized fine-mesh mesh with durable robina wooden posts.Larger habitatThe game grid that is being created along the Amersfoortseweg prevents badgers and other animals from crossing the main road and being hit. Several return flaps are placed in the grid so that stray animals can pass through and continue their route safely.Wildlife grids ensure that animals are led to the existing fauna tunnels or ecoducts where they can safely pass the road. In this way a larger and more varied habitat is created. In the case of the N237 this is a connection between the Den Eik and Beerschoten-Panbos estates which in turn are connected to Vollenhove and Oostbroek.Utrechtse HeuvelrugThe estates mentioned are part of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug a contiguous nature reserve of 20000 ha a lateral moraine with woods and heath. In recent years the provinces of Utrecht and Noord-Holland together with site managers municipalities Rijkswaterstaat and ProRail have built ecoducts constructed fauna tunnels and developed new nature areas to make the Heuvelrug a cohesive nature reserve again. Roads and railways are largely passable for animals again. The recreational routes have also been improved and expanded so that nature can be experienced even better.
