Maas Line electrification to go ahead despite cost escalation
THE planned electrification of the 84km Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond Maas Line is set to go ahead, despite a significant cost escalation, after Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Gelderland agreed to increase the budget from €154.6m to €213m.