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This contract concerns a contract in 1 fixed and 1 conditional part. The fixed part concerns “Part 1: Design study N33 Torhoutsesteenweg Oostende”. The conditional part concerns “Part 2: Feasibility study cycle tunnels R31”. Part 1: Design study N33 Torhoutsesteenweg Oostende (fixed part) The Torhoutsesteenweg (N33) is one of the most important access roads to Oostende and connects the city with the hinterland towards Torhout. Among other things, it crosses Elisabethlaan (R31), an important ring road around Oostende, and continues towards Leffinge and Gistel. This specific section: - is located in a strongly urbanised area with retail outlets and companies; - forms a transition between urban traffic and outward regional traffic; - is used by all transport modes at the same time (cars, lorries, buses, cyclists and pedestrians). The main core problems of the Torhoutsesteenweg are high traffic unsafety, structural traffic congestion, an excess of access and exit points to and from car parks, a lack of separation between traffic functions. The project steering group of the Oostende access study concluded for the N33 that “the measures studied do not ensure better traffic flow.…

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