For the entire Dutch airspace, the ministry is currently developing the Aviation Policy 2020-2050, which will determine new aviation policy. In preparing and making decisions about the Aviation Policy, a broader type of decision-making information is being used. Instead of only considering environmental impacts, the assessment will also take into account broader effects on the living environment and economic effects (broad welfare effects). This will enable an integrated evaluation to be made. Therefore, the EIA will also be used as a broad welfare effects report.
Royal HaskoningDHV has been selected for this assignment, in collaboration with the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and Buck Consultants International (BCI). The Ministry has asked NLR to provide an overview of the available knowledge and knowledge gaps that are relevant to the development of the new aviation policy. Additionally, NLR will provide insights into the effects of aviation on the environment and will draw on its experience from participation processes related to aviation.
“Our aviation knowledge makes an essential substantive contribution to the EIA. This includes knowledge built up through contributions to the knowledge scan for the aviation policy and other projects for future developments in aviation, such as Clean Sky, SESAR, and ANIMA. Furthermore, NLR is involved in various studies related to the implementation of drones and has broad knowledge of developments related to safety,” says Lennard Verhoeff, Business Manager Aerospace Operations at NLR.
Jan de Wit, Director Smart Urban Environment at Royal HaskoningDHV, adds: “We are proud to have been selected to work on the national long-term policy for aviation and that we can apply our top expertise in the field of environmental impacts, air quality, and related topics to such a socially relevant theme.”
