Subject: Re: N274 handed over to the Germans<br/>
Date: Feb 25, 2002 @ 20:38<br/>
Author: ps1966nl (&quot;ps1966nl&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-435638645">Pepijn Hendriks wrote:<br/>
&quot;(...)(Rijkswaterstaat) remained responsible for maintaining the <br/>
road. German police couldn&#39;t fine speeders, since they had no way of <br/>
legally getting to a place from where they could monitor speeding <br/>
drivers, as the road has no exits to German territory. (...)&quot;<br/>
<br/>
It so happens that yesterday I drove along this road. People still <br/>
drive like mad here, so that problem of fining speeders probably <br/>
still existed.<br/>
<br/>
Existed, because I too read that the treaty reg. the transfer has <br/>
been signed. Acc. to the local newspaper De Limburger that has <br/>
happened today. Maybe I visited the stretch of road just in time...<br/>
<br/>
BTW, the article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.limburger.nl/Artikel/0,4317,31-1-2-2502-">http://www.limburger.nl/Artikel/0,4317,31-1-2-2502-</a><br/>
392479||213,00.html<br/>
<br/>
&quot;(...)It will be connected with Germany before the end of the year. <br/>
The first connection, in the form of a roundabout, will come between <br/>
the German villages of Höngen and Saeffelen. More connections will <br/>
follow in the years to come.(...)&quot;<br/>
<br/>
Acc. to that same Limburger article, the road was built before the <br/>
transfer of the West Selfkant in 1963, and was connected to two other <br/>
roads, back then in the Netherlands, but nowadays in Germany. The <br/>
roads Landesstraße 228 and Bundesstraße 56 are mentioned. These <br/>
connections were removed after 1963. Apparently they are going to be <br/>
restored now.<br/>
<br/>
&quot;(...)Another newspaper report says that the transfer involved <br/>
changing the border treaty between the Netherlands and Germany. As <br/>
such, it required the consent of both houses of Dutch Parliament as <br/>
well as of the German Bundestag. (...)&quot;<br/>
<br/>
A change in the border treaty maybe, but not in the border. The road <br/>
was and is on German soil (after 1963, that is). This is clearly <br/>
marked on the road: entering Germany, a sign tells you that you are <br/>
entering the &quot;Bondsrepubliek Duitsland&quot;; leaving Germany, another <br/>
sign informs you about entering the &quot;Niederlande&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
&quot;(...) (Here, the road is referred to as _Rijksweg 774_. Does anybody <br/>
know if this is an error or just another designation of the N274?) <br/>
(...)&quot;<br/>
<br/>
No, I don&#39;t know. It might be a typo. But the old designations of the <br/>
Rijkswegenplan definitely do differ from the signposted designations <br/>
that are made up of N+digits. So it might even be true.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>