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The Ministry van Defence has unveiled its first specific het plan om the construction van a mega barracks in Zeewolde, expected to be completed om 2035.
This de locatie zullen de woning ongeveer 7,000 military personnel, met facilities such as a shooting range en helicopter landing pads.
It zullen be one van the largest military complexes in Nederland.
The development van the barracks is planned tussen 2029 en 2035 on a site van ongeveer 653 hectares.
The cabinet definitively chose this de locatie as the preferred site om the end van last het jaar.
verschillende Defence units, currently spread over Nederland, zullen be brought together there.
ongeveer 6,000 staff members en 1,000 trainees van units such as the 400 Medical Battalion van Ermelo en the Joint Intelligence Surveillance Acquisition Reconnaissance Command (JISTARC) van 't Harde en Oldebroek zullen be accommodated there.
The Education en Training Center Logistics van Soesterberg en parts van the Defence Support Command zullen also be located in the nieuw barracks.
Besides the necessary offices en sleeping quarters, the Defence also het plan to provide workshops, storage spaces, sports facilities, a health center, en a training ground.
Major Impact on the de omgeving volgens Omroep Flevoland, the arrival van the barracks zullen have significant de gevolgen om de regio.
ongeveer 387 hectares van agricultural land zullen have to make way, currently de woning to residences en agricultural businesses.
Farmers zullen be bought out, en local residents are concerned ongeveer the expected noise pollution.
The Defence acknowledges the "very groot" impact on de omgeving residents en says it is exploring verschillende options to mitigate adverse de gevolgen.
Environmental Concerns en het verkeer Issues de natuur enthusiasts fear that the construction van the barracks zullen negatively affect the surrounding de natuur, part van which is located within Nederland de natuur Network.
The Defence het plan to conduct further studies to see how de natuur can remain as intact as possible, met the current het plan to implement a green buffer om the barracks.
To manage het verkeer congestion, the Defence intends to construct three entry gates.
Initial calculations indicate that the barracks themselves zullen have maar a limited effect on het verkeer flow, maar the de vraag om mobility in de regio is rising due to housing construction en economic growth.
Therefore, necessary het verkeer adjustments zullen be explored in consultation met de regio.
Residents, businesses, en organizations can submit their responses en comments on the Defence het plan until July 21.
