The special reason why the lighting of the new Dutch toll road has already been adjusted

Rijkswaterstaat uses the 'Batlamp'

Even before the new Maas delat tunnel is open for traffic, the first adjustment is already a fact. The already suspended lighting in the new toll tunnel was not entirely happy and that is why Rijkswaterstaat now hangs lamps with a warmer light color. That is a lot nicer, but that is of course not the reason to do this "Hellse Karwei".

Rijkswaterstaat calls the amber -colored lighting the "Batlamp". You should not confuse this with the search light with which you can call a well -to -do orphan with an aversion to crime on a cloudy evening. You will not come across the Batmobile in the tunnel, but apparently bats feel very much at home in the new toll tunnel.

bats go out for traffic

Last week the so -called heads were removed from the Maas delt tunnel, so that the tunnel is now completely open from north to south. The traffic is not yet welcome, but bats apparently already make good use of the new tunnel. The current lamps are not so nice for the bats and that is why the warmer Batlamp is used.

A Batlight somewhere else in the Netherlands | Photo: © Rijkswaterstaat

"The light color takes into account the so-called Human-Bat Response Ratio: a light color that is insensitive to bat eyes, but where people can still perceive the traffic situation," writes Rijkswaterstaat. Yesterday (indeed on April 1, but we do not believe that is a joke) a start was made on changing the lamps in the tunnel.

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