David Dooghe was invited at de De Unie Late Night for a debate with Arno Bonte, a member of the political party Groen Links.
Groen Links had hold an inquiry among inhabitants of Rotterdam with the proposal to make the Coolsingel a traffic free street and create a park.
David Dooghe agreed that more could be done with the main street of Rotterdam but had questions about the proposal to make the Coolsingel a traffic free street. Wasn’t this just an easy solution for a very local problem? How would this effect the organisation of the whole central city? Does Rotterdam need a new traffic free area, knowing there are traffic free areas around the Lijnbaan and the Binnenrotte. “Do we really need a new Binnenrotte in Rotterdam?”
Creating a park could be nice but this would have no connection to other green structures. David suggested to make a park at the Binnenrotte and connect it with a levelled park above the Hofboogjes. This would be a nice recreational connection between the river and the landscape in the north of Rotterdam.
Arno Bonte and David Dooghe agreed to keep in touch about this subject.
