PROJECT STORY
The challenge
The Province of West Flanders wants to create a cycle highway along the coast as an attractive alternative for commuting and an incentive for more sustainable tourism.
F34 Coastal Cycle Highway
New F34 Cycle Highway Connects Knokke to De Panne
The solution
The F34 cycle path will follow the N34 Koninklijke Baan wherever possible and will be designed to meet the needs of modern cyclists.
The impact
We are making the Koninklijke Baan into an attractive multimodal boulevard that fully supports the shift toward more sustainable transport.
70-kilometer-long
cycle highway
4–6 meters
wide
The challenge
In 2000, the Province of West Flanders set out its vision for improving quality of life and road safety along the Belgian coast, with scope for alternative modes of transport. The plans include a cycle highway that will offer a safe, attractive and environmentally friendly alternative for commuting, along with immense added value for tourism from Knokke to De Panne. Wherever possible, the cycle highway will follow the N34 Koninklijke Baan; an expressway built in the early 20th century and expanded to 2x2 lanes. But other factors are also important.
The solution
Cycle highways offer an alternative to using a car and aim to promote cycling trips over longer distances and at higher speeds. That calls for wide paths that are as straight as possible and have minimal intersections. The Province of West Flanders and the Department of Mobility and Public Works appointed Arcadis to draw up the route for this F34 cycle highway, which will follow the N34 Koninklijke Baan wherever possible.
The impact
This cycle highway will be a safe, attractive and environmentally friendly alternative for commuting and offers immense added value for tourism from Knokke to De Panne. We are helping to create a high-quality mobility infrastructure that fully supports the shift toward more sustainable transport with a focus on the future.
Arcadis is also working on the Antwerp to Lier and Lier to Aarschot cycle highways, as well as the Albert Canal route.
