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What caused this morning’s jams in Brussels?
It’s particularly busy on the roads in the
centre of Brussels today. Long traffic
jams materialised this morning. In some
places drivers could look forward to a two-hour wait. Bus and tram traffic too were disrupted.
“It’s all due to the Swiss president’s
state visit” explains Inge Paemen of Brussels Mobility.
King Filip and Queen Mathilde received Ignazio
Cassis and his wife at the royal palace this morning.
“Police closed several important traffic
arteries that led to congestion in a number of places” says Paemen.
Even later in the morning roads in Brussels
were dogged by considerable congestion. Jams
materialised in the Royal Quarter in central Brussels and on the inner orbital “Kleine
Ring”. Public transport in central
Brussels was also disrupted.
