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The Nijmegen Four Days Marches and the visual inspection of flood defenses
What’s the connection between flood barrier inspections and the Four Days Marches? It’s the number of kilometers that need to be walked. Flood barrier inspections are usually conducted on foot. The Netherlands has 17,691 km of primary and secondary flood barriers. And they all need to be inspected. Better put on your walking shoes!
The City of Helmond is tackling fireworks-related disturbances with the help of residents
New Year’s Eve is a time for celebration: a bottle of champagne, a plate of oliebollen, family and friends visiting, and, of course, fireworks. Unfortunately, however, fireworks often cause disturbances. These disturbances affect not only residents but also pets and other animals. And that’s not even mentioning the risk of property damage, fire, and injury...
How do we go from 17 million perspectives to a single picture?
All transformations are difficult. They often hurt a little at first, before things get better. The digital transformation brought about by the Environment Act for municipalities is no different. The shift toward a customer-focused organization with fewer rules goes directly against what we’ve always done. But there is another way. We live and...
You can also automate enforcement
You sometimes see them driving around town. Those cars with a menacing array of cameras on the roof. Like hungry wolves, they cruise efficiently through the city, searching for license plates that aren’t currently registered—or are no longer registered—in the parking meters. The chances of getting caught these days are much...