Mobility alderman Koen Kennis (N-VA) wants to make sure that a new bus line there is not at the expense of another bus route in the city.
The city of Antwerp and transport company De Lijn are negotiating about accessibility of the Blue Gate business park with public transport. Incubator BlueChem and essenscia flanders are asking. If you come to work by train, you still have to walk for half an hour. Donkey Republic is an important supplier of electric shared bicycles. This makes it even easier to cover longer distances by bicycle.
The climate-neutral business park is reserved for innovative companies with a clear ambition: linear growth thanks to circular working. The site is located near Antwerp, right in the economic heart of Europe. Mobility alderman Koen Kennis (N-VA) wants to make sure that a new bus line there is not at the expense of another bus route in the city. “At De Lijn it is often the custom when a new line is added, this is at the expense of another line,” says Kennis.
According to ATV, a Belgian regional television channel for the region around Antwerp city, the city of Antwerp and De Lijn want to make the Blue Gate business park more accessible by public transport. Negotiations have been started between the city and the transport company for this. The city council thinks this will attract more people and companies to the new industrial zone south of the city.
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More and more Flemish people are happy to exchange their car for an alternative. As an entrepreneur you can actively focus on the modal shift at Blue Gate Antwerp. In this way, the expectations of both existing and new employees are met and talented employees are attracted thanks to the central location and the good accessibility of the workplace on offer. Employees can opt for the bicycle road, the bus, the tram, the train or a smart combination of alternatives, the number of road kilometers and CO2 emissions is in any case significantly reduced.
Blue Gate Antwerp is one of the seven sub-areas of the Scheldt quays. Petroleum South was once the heart of the Antwerp petroleum industry. Today, these remediated sites are ready for a new chapter. Blue Gate Antwerp is the unmissable growth opportunity for companies that already think sustainably today and want to work fully circular tomorrow.
The old petroleum site is also to become a satellite location for hydrogen distribution. The developers of the new Blue Gate Antwerp business park are conducting market consultations in search of companies that want to set up a sustainable energy hub. It is being investigated whether the realization of a sustainable energy hub is technically and economically feasible, how it should be realized and whether a public-private partnership is necessary. The ultimate goal is a satellite location of the port for the distribution of sustainable energy, with an emphasis on hydrogen.
The circular business park Blue Gate also houses BlueChem, an incubator for start-ups and growth companies in the sustainable chemistry or circular economy. In March, DHL Express also opened a CityHub for the city of Antwerp. The American web store Amazon is building its first Belgian delivery center for parcels there. It is remarkable that Amazon is specifically targeting Blue Gate. If you want to take a place at Blue Gate, you must demonstrably focus on ecology and green energy, both in terms of infrastructure and activities.
