‘Lelystad Airport won’t open next year, too many problems‘, said ChristenUnie, one of the four coalition parties in Dutch government, on January 4 (DutchNews.nl). ‘Trust in the government is now zero and officials will have to be extremely careful to build it up again.’
But authorities keep hitting rock bottom in this dossier (DutchNews.nl, February 13): Noise expert quits ‘to avoid conflict of interest’ claims.
Despite all the mistrust, Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen decided to postpone the opening of Lelystad Airport for another year, until 2019.