NATO summit and Biden visit to cause traffic disruption in Brussels
After the start of the NATO summit next Thursday, the European summit on Thursday and Friday and the visit to our country by US President Joe Biden, who may already be the second arrival on Wednesday, there will be a lot of traffic disruption in half of next week. in Brussels. rings from the police of the Brussels-Capital Ixelles zone on Saturday. She asks everyone to avoid using the car as much as possible and to use public transport.
In addition to Biden, dozens of other heads of state and government will visit our country next week. Several security perimeters will be established near the capital from Wednesday to Wednesday.
These include the vicinity of NATO headquarters in Evere, the American embassy in the center of the city, The Hotel on Waterloolaan and the European quarter. Traffic will be closed and there will be an absolute ban on parking – also for bicycles and scooters. When the measures come into effect depends on the perimeters.
Traffic will also be temporarily closed on the road to and from the perimeters, including on the Ring around Brussels, the E40 Sterrebeek and the Reyers complex, the Wetstraat, the Belliardstraat, the Waterloolaan, the Gulden Vlieslaan and the small Brussels ring above ground. The various tunnels in Brussels will also be closed to traffic.
Public transport companies STIB and De Lijn will divert their buses and trams where necessary. The metros will continue to run, but the entrances to the Kunst-Wet and Schuman stations will be temporarily closed.