They are:

Antwerp • E19 north of Antwerp direction Breda (E19-A12 interchange to Kleine Bareel) • A12 IKEA Bypass • A12 structural maintenance • E19 Ecoduct at Wuustwezel

Limburg • E314 from exit 27 Zolder-Terlaemen to exit 29 Houthalen- Helchteren direction Netherlands • E313 at Molenstraat

East Flanders • R4 in Ghent and Evergem • E40 Drongen • E40 Merelbeke exit, direction Ostend • E40 Erpe-Mere • E17 Deinze – Kruishoutem • E14 Moerbeke

Flemish Brabant • Kerkhofstraat - A12 junction at Meise – Londerzeel • E40 Sterrebeek to Bertem • E314 Bekkevoort to Aarschot • Viaduct over the Ring in Sint- Stevens-Woluwe

West Flanders • Viaduct A10 Oudenburg • N49 Damme • Central reservation E403 (A17) Kortrijk to Hainaut border

The works are necessary to do something about the poor state of Flanders’ roads, something most motorists will have noticed this past winter. The total cost for schedule works this year is €91 million.

Mobility and public works minister Hilde Crevits described the heavy schedule as a “catching up measure” and estimated that the total backlog of repairs would not be completed until 2015.

Damage caused to roads by this winter’s unusually harsh conditions has not even been assessed yet. “It’s going to be a summer of roadworks,” the minister said. “But better tailbacks than potholes.”

Another 15 roadworks were announced for the period 1 August to 31 December:

Antwerp • E313 Wommelgem – Ranst and Ranst – Geel-Oost • A12 Noord • E19 Schoten • E313 on and off ramps exit 28 • E314 Halen • E314 Lummen interchange

Vlaams-Brabant • E19 Diabolo

West-Vlaanderen • E40 Oostkamp • E40 Jabbeke • E40 direction France • E17 Waregem • E403 Ardooie – Lichtervelde • E403 Roeselare – Lichtervelde • A19 central reservation Kortrijk – Ieper