Hold your horses if you’re planning on travelling by car this morning. Thousands of farmers are expected to jam the roads with tractors and farm vehicles as they make their way to The Hague for a massive protest, RTL Nieuws reports.
The farmers are hitting the road to the political capital as part of the #Agractie protest against D66’s plan to halve the amount of cows in the Netherlands in order to reduce nitrogen emissions and free up room for housing.
Understandably, the farmers aren’t crazy about the limits to their livestock and therefore livelihood, and formed the protest in response to a post from sheep farmer Bart Kemps.
“Who is going to The Hague tomorrow? Enough is enough!” Kemps wrote on Twitter. The response? Thousands of farmers will pick up their pitchforks in protest.
More than 10,000 farmers are predicted to make their way to The Hague tomorrow, with 2200 vehicles traversing the road on the way.
Tijd om op 1 oktober een héél duidelijk statement te maken. #boerenprotest pic.twitter.com/1d3P9x9XgL
— Shirley de Goede (@GoedeShirley) September 29, 2019
However, only 75 of the vehicles will actually be allowed on the Malieveld in the center of Hague where the protest will take place. The Dutch and their protests, right?
Those travelling the A28 in the direction of Zwolle tomorrow are particularly warned in advance, with farmers planning to block the highway at Hoogeveen. Both lanes and the emergency lane will be blocked by tractors.
En nog meer #boeren zijn vertrokken! #boerenprotest pic.twitter.com/j7dL1dEfHn
— Gele Hesjes NL (@GeLeHesjesNL) September 30, 2019
Not only will the farmers be storming the city, but heavy rain will cause additional delays.
Tuesday morning traffic, plus farmers protests multiplied by heavy rain is going to make a hectic road recipe. Our vote? Let’s all just stay home.
Have you been affected by the road blockages? What do you think of the protests? Let us know in the comments below!
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First of all it is not possible “to halve the amount of cows” – are you going to cut them all in half? You mean halve the NUMBER of cows. Second, cows give off methane (CH4) not nitrogen.
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