Closed Since 2022, Den Haag’s Underground Parking Garage Set to Reopen in 2027

Den Haag Apeldoornselaan underground parking garage reopening, Digi Mart USA News (Den Haag, Netherlands): The parking garage on the Apeldoornselaan in Den Haag has been closed since 2022. Next year, the so-called “ghost garage” is finally set to reopen, while residents are commenting on the parking situation in the neighborhood in the meantime.

A resident of the Oostbroek district said he sees men arriving early every morning and going back and forth constantly at the parking garage, which has stood empty for several years. The fully automated garage was in use for fifteen years before it was forced to close in 2022.

There was no longer money for necessary maintenance or for purchasing a new fire suppression system.

The municipality of Den Haag has set aside 8 million euros to invest in the underground parking garage. The charging system works in a particular way: drivers first drive onto a kind of loading platform, where they plug in the cable.

The car is then moved to its parking space.

The closure has been a loss for the neighborhood. “People kept driving around and around the neighborhood.

Because there is a parking shortage, cars were parked untidily or wildly,” said another resident. Iris, who lives across from the garage, says chaos regularly erupts in front of her home.

“It’s a disaster with parking. A lot of vans are parked here.

They were working this morning. I saw a truck.

I also thought they would already be opening.”

According to the municipality of Den Haag, the garage will reopen during 2027. Residents will receive more information about this soon.

“It’s a mystery what is going to happen. A lot of construction material has been laid out and brought inside here.

But we haven’t received a letter yet,” said yet another resident.

Contractor and developer Michel ten Cate says the construction project came to a halt because the parties did not agree on certain details. “Physically, we have been working on it for about three months now.

We have to build until the end of April, and we can test the system until about September.”