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The province of South Holland comes with a disadvantage compensation scheme for victims of the blockage of the lift bridge and the Gouwe in Boskoop at the end of last year. The blockage was needed for additional maintenance when an investigation revealed that the bridge was not structurally safe. An investigation is ongoing into the cause of structural unsafety.Due to the recovery of the vehicle lift road and shipping traffic had to be diverted from the beginning of October for 6 weeks. At present 15 requests for compensation from victims have been received from the province.Court judgments show that damage must be compensated by an abnormal infrastructure measure. This is also known as disadvantage compensation. The province has developed a policy rule for this together with legal experts. It states that part of the damage is at your own risk because an existing road is used that occasionally needs maintenance. Obstructions are therefore always possible as a result of which companies may experience financial inconvenience.CalculationThe policy rule states that a victim must bear a decrease of up to 2 percent of the standard turnover itself. It concerns the turnover that an entrepreneur would have achieved if the blockage had not been. A comparison is made with the performance of the entrepreneur in the past 3 years. In addition a discount of 25 percent is applied the normal social risk. An amount then remains that can be reimbursed.With the policy rule the province expects to be able to provide victims with clarity more quickly. The victims are informed about the scheme as soon as possible.
