"Then we will pay it better for our own". This was themed already to the Emsland Motorway A31, which had been completed in full length about a decade earlier. The now 81 year old businessman Rolf Trauernicht had imposed pressure to bear on its quickly construction with the aid of private donations collected from the regional and som Dutch business undertakings. He yield 8.3 million Euros, which were used for the accelerated planning of the motorway.
On June 22th, 2006 he had started a similar initiative at Großefehn (near by Aurich) for the EuroRapid maglev at presence of Bernd-Jan Hakvort, chief of Kamer van Koophandel (chamber of commerce), Groningen. Due to a report of Ostfriesische Nachrichten, the businessman announced, that he wants to give 125000 Euro for this at his own during a press conference at Großefehn. The german regional television NDR 3 ("Hallo Niedersachsen") showed him reminding a signal from the nortern states of Germany, that they are willing to contribute financially with 20% at the German part of the maglev line between Amsterdam and Hamburg.
The Niederlands are waiting now for a definite signal from Germany. Impressed by the manifestation against the cancellation of the Zuiiderzeelijn on May, 23th, the Dutch government will continue examining a HST (high speed rail) solution for the time being. At this moment, the maglev variant remains in abeyance because of missing such a signal from the German government. This said a leader of a fraction during the consulatancies of the second chamber of parliament in Den Haag on June, 2th. The reverse slogan of the last German government is no longer valid, which said, that a positive signal from Den Haag for a maglev line between Amsterdam and Groningen will influence a decision for a North-German maglev line positively. Now we must open the maglev match.