Construction work began on Monday on the E411 between Daussoulx and Aische-en-Refail for rehabilitation work in the direction of Brussels. Sofico plans to carry out this work in two phases, with the first phase covering only one side of the roadway. Despite this, traffic conditions on both sides will be modified and only two lanes will be maintained. The maximum speed allowed during the construction period, which is planned until the winter of 2023, will be 70 km/h, and speed cameras have been installed to control users. Once this phase is completed, Sofico will proceed to the other side, between Thorembais-Saint-Trond and Dhuy, towards Namur in the spring of 2024. The entire project, which aims to rehabilitate a total of nearly 19 kilometers of the E411, is expected to cost a budget of 36 million euros. In addition to its primary objective of improving the comfort of motorists and repairing the road’s coating, the project also seeks to improve the living environment of Warisoulx residents by reducing noise pollution from the motorway, over approximately one kilometer, and by installing a concrete and tarmac plant to reduce CO2 emissions during construction.
A construction site started on Monday on the E411 between Daussoulx and Aische-en-Refail. The Walloon Infrastructure Financing Company (Sofico) plans to carry out rehabilitation work on the motorway, in the direction of Brussels.
“When we carry out our construction sites, we obviously want to impact users as little as possible. This work is therefore divided into 2 main phases: the first, we are working between Daussoulx and Aische-en-Refail in the direction of Brussels. This phase starts today. today and it will be finished for next winter”details Heloïse Winandy, spokeswoman for Sofico.
Although the first phase covers only one side of the roadway, the traffic conditions are however modified in both directions, only two lanes being maintained on either side.
The maximum speed on this site – therefore planned until winter 2023 at the latest – will be 70 km/h. Speed cameras have been installed to control users. Note that the Ostin area is inaccessible during the entire works.
Once this first phase is completed, Sofico will free up the road. “We will then begin work on the other side: between Thorembais-Saint-Trond and Dhuy, towards Namur in the spring of 2024. And this phase will be completed at the end of 2024”continues the Sofico spokesperson.
Works over nearly 9 km
A budget of 36 million euros is planned for all the works (two phases). The work aims to rehabilitate in depth the entire width of the E411 (emergency lane, 3 traffic lanes and central berm) towards Brussels, between Daussoulx and Aische-en-Refail, i.e. over nearly 9 kilometers, and towards Luxembourg, between Thorembais-Saint-Trond and Dhuy, i.e. over 10 kilometres.
This work should improve the comfort of motorists. “We are also repairing its coating, which obviously means more comfort for users”, she says. But this project will also make it possible to improve the living environment of the residents of Warisoulx by the development over approximately 1 km of devices aimed at reducing noise pollution from the motorway.
A particularity
What is special regarding this project? Installation of a concrete and tarmac plant. The objective is thus to reduce CO2 emissions. “The concrete plant will make it possible to produce all the concrete, the foundation materials, the concrete for New Jersey which will be replaced over 14 km in both directions. It is precisely so as not to have to get supplies from a plant that is further away, to have less traffic, less trucks and less CO2 on the whole site”explains Jurgen Nuyttens, execution manager on site.
In conclusion, the rehabilitation work on the E411 between Daussoulx and Aische-en-Refail, in the direction of Brussels, has begun. The two-phase project, carried out by Sofico, is aimed at improving the comfort of motorists and reducing noise pollution for the residents. The project has a budget of 36 million euros and covers nearly 9 kilometers. A concrete and tarmac plant has also been installed to reduce CO2 emissions. The first phase is planned to be completed by winter 2023, following which the road will be freed up. The second phase, covering the other side, is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2024 and end by the end of the same year. Despite the modified traffic conditions, Sofico aims to impact users as little as possible.