Minister visits Van Os-Sonnevelt

Wednesday 25th of March was the official inauguration of a new Ride & Bike point at the station of Londerzeel. These Bike & Ride outlets (in Dutch: Fietspunt) are a combination of a bike repair shop and a bike rental point, where employees of Londerzeel based companies can place their (corporate) bike in safekeeping when they take the train home. All bikes are looked after by difficult-to-employ collaborators who get an on the spot job training as a bike repairer. The Bike & Ride outlets are sponsored by a social Fund created to stimulate alternative ways of commuting between home and the working place.
Van Os-Sonnevelt was one of the pioneers in this project, that was developed in close cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, RESOC and Group Intro. To give the official opening extra colour, dozens of VIP’s took the bike and cycled from the station to the Van Os-Sonevelt headquarters, where they were awaited by minister Kathleen Van Brempt. She unfolded her new plans for the mobility Fund in front of the press and gave a small speech for the attendees.
After the ceremony, the minister received a small present: a statue made entirely of old bike and car tires, made by the Antwerp sculpturer Serge Vandeput.




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