Flanders urges Netherlands to fund Roosteren bridge repair amid metal fatigue

Flanders and Maaseik are pressing the Netherlands to finance repairs to the Roosteren canal bridge, which suffers metal fatigue and bans heavy traffic. The bridge is critical to the new Maasbrug link between Maaseik and Echt-Susteren, making its condition a cross-border economic bottleneck. Funding responsibility is disputed, delaying necessary works.