This Friday will take place a new national demonstration in union common front. A social movement in favor of purchasing power. We already know that 60% of scheduled flights will be canceled at Brussels airport. What other disruptions to expect?
A large national demonstration is planned in Brussels this Friday to protest against the rising cost of living and the lack of investment in essential sectors. Disruptions are to be expected on the networks STIB, De Lijn and TEC. The STIB network also invites its passengers to provide alternatives for their journeys.
The SNCB does not plan to cancel at this time.
French-speaking education, the police and the fire brigade should operate normally. The event will have a marginal impact on mail delivery, at Mail.
A Brussels Airport, about 160 of the 400 flights initially scheduled for Friday will be operated, which corresponds to 60% of canceled flights. Travelers are invited to limit their luggage as much as possible and to take into account the disruptions which will also affect certain public transport. On the rail, on the other hand, the trains will run normally. To Charleroi airport30% of flights will eventually be canceled.
The national demonstration will start at 10 a.m. from Gare du Nord in Brussels.
Waste collection
The services of Brussels-Cleanliness could also be disrupted by national action. For the collection of household waste, the municipalities that could be concerned are Anderlecht, Auderghem (a few adjoining streets with Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels (Haren and part of Laeken), Etterbeek (adjoining streets with Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), Evere, Ganshoren, Jette, Koekelberg, Molenbeek, Saint-Gilles (a few streets adjoining Anderlecht), Schaerbeek (a few streets adjoining Woluwe-Saint-Lambert), Woluwe-Saint -Lambert and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The inhabitants of these municipalities whose bags would not be collected are invited, as far as possible, to return their bags until the next collection. On the other hand, the recyparcs – or some of them – could be closed on Friday. The arp-gan.be website will provide more precise information during this day.
The recycling parks will be closed and waste collection will be disrupted on Friday in the Walloon Brabant, due to the announced general strike, the operator in BW said on Thursday. The 17 recyparcs of the intermunicipal in BW will a priori be closed on Friday. The sites of Braine-le-Château, Braine-le-Comte, Chaumont-Gistoux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Genappe, Incourt, Ittre, Jodoigne, Nivelles, Orp-Jauche, Perwez, Rebecq, Rixensart, Tubize, Villers are concerned. -la-Ville, Walhain and Wavre. They will reopen their doors to the public on Saturday morning. In addition, the PMC blue bag collection tour in Wavre, initially scheduled for Friday, has been postponed to Saturday. The other waste collection rounds should not be disrupted a priori, specifies the Walloon Brabant operator.