The governing PvdA (Labour party) has adopted a plan devised by TU architect, Frank van der Hoeven, for building an underground highway from Delft to Schiedam.
This decision was made last Monday during a parliamentary debate on the long-range infrastructure planning. The highway (A4 Midden Delfland) has long been a contentious political issue. If built, the highway would cut through a so-called ‘quiet area.’ The Dutch government refused to finance this part of the project, but the private sector has stepped in to finance the construction of a half ‘deepened’ highway, requiring noise barriers on either side. Opponents say this will affect the landscape’s open character (consisting mainly of meadows). Van der Hoeven’s plan supposedly solves this problem. To cover the stretch north of Schiedam and Vlaardingen, he employs a ‘Narrow Gauge Urban Tunnel,’ with separate tunnel tubes for lorries and passenger cars. The stretch of road cutting through Midden-Delfland will be a wholly deepened highway with a covering, including lighting and airing slots and sound proofing strips. No sound barriers will be needed.
Free software for first-year students
All first-year TU students can collect a free software package, worth 425 guilders, in January, at DTO (Department for Technical Support). The package software lincenses DTO purchased under authority of the Executive Board contains MS Office Professional 2000, McAfee Total Virus Defense, Mapple, Macro Media Director, HCL Exceed & NFS Maestro, Norton System Works, MathType, Euroglot Professional, AutoCAD LT and Workpace. Photoshop is absent, because it’s producer forbids home use. DTO is still negotiating about prices with Matlab and hopes to include this programme next year.
The governing PvdA (Labour party) has adopted a plan devised by TU architect, Frank van der Hoeven, for building an underground highway from Delft to Schiedam. This decision was made last Monday during a parliamentary debate on the long-range infrastructure planning. The highway (A4 Midden Delfland) has long been a contentious political issue. If built, the highway would cut through a so-called ‘quiet area.’ The Dutch government refused to finance this part of the project, but the private sector has stepped in to finance the construction of a half ‘deepened’ highway, requiring noise barriers on either side. Opponents say this will affect the landscape’s open character (consisting mainly of meadows). Van der Hoeven’s plan supposedly solves this problem. To cover the stretch north of Schiedam and Vlaardingen, he employs a ‘Narrow Gauge Urban Tunnel,’ with separate tunnel tubes for lorries and passenger cars. The stretch of road cutting through Midden-Delfland will be a wholly deepened highway with a covering, including lighting and airing slots and sound proofing strips. No sound barriers will be needed.
Free software for first-year students
All first-year TU students can collect a free software package, worth 425 guilders, in January, at DTO (Department for Technical Support). The package software lincenses DTO purchased under authority of the Executive Board contains MS Office Professional 2000, McAfee Total Virus Defense, Mapple, Macro Media Director, HCL Exceed & NFS Maestro, Norton System Works, MathType, Euroglot Professional, AutoCAD LT and Workpace. Photoshop is absent, because it’s producer forbids home use. DTO is still negotiating about prices with Matlab and hopes to include this programme next year.
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