Bicycle Infrastructure Gets Priority
Werken aan de Ring
With ‘Werken aan de Ring’, we collectively pedal towards better bicycle infrastructure.
We are building safe bike paths and comfortable bike bridges and tunnels, so you can cycle quickly and smoothly along and over the Ring.
This offers an attractive alternative to cars and reduces the number of cars on the Ring, step by step.
- Client
- De Werkvennootschap
- Location
- Ring around Brussels
- Expertise
- Traffic studies, technical and architectural designs, landscape integration of the project, process guidance, preparation of permit and tender documents, and support in stakeholder management and communication
- Partners
- Arcadis, ZJA, Frank Van Hulle, Cluster, Mint
115 km of Bicycle Infrastructure in the Flemish Periphery
All these achievements are part of a clear ambition of the Flemish government. Within the ‘Werken aan de Ring’ program, coordinated by De Werkvennootschap, they aim to construct more than 115 km of new bicycle infrastructure along the Ring around Brussels, with an investment of no less than 300 million euros.
Fast infrastructure, smooth crossings of the Ring around Brussels, and safe crossings over busy access roads are an important part of this. Here are a few examples:
- a wide and shielded bike lane on the new bridge of Hector Henneaulaan in Zaventem,
- the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridge in Flanders over Leopold III-laan (A201),
- the bike bridge of the F3 bike highway,
- and in 2025, the construction of the wooden bike bridge on the F203 bike highway has started.
Sustainability in Infrastructure, Large Projects as Pioneers
Our sustainable philosophy at ‘Werken aan de Ring’ revolves around designing bike bridges with a very long lifespan. We consciously use low-maintenance structures. This saves long-term costs for maintenance and replacement, reduces environmental impact, and increases safety through more robust structures. Less maintenance also means less traffic disruption.
On a civil engineering level, the project team offers numerous innovative solutions. This is done in consultation with the client and architects. With thoughtful design and material choices, we make our bridges future-proof:
- Weather-resistant steel: no coating needed, which significantly reduces environmental impact.
- Wooden bridges: ecological sustainability and CO2-neutral construction.
- Low-maintenance bridges: integral bridges are an excellent example of this. These have no bearings or joints, so no maintenance is needed.
With Combined Forces
Sweco and Arcadis, within the THV MoVeR0, are working together with De Werkvennootschap on the redesign of the Ring around Brussels, between the junctions Groot-Bijgaarden and Sint-Stevens-Woluwe. The project team provides traffic studies, technical and architectural designs (roads, structures, and other infrastructure), the landscape integration of the project, process guidance, preparation of permit and tender documents, and support in stakeholder management and communication. The following parties are subcontracted: ZJA, Frank Van Hulle, Cluster, and Mint.
