Netherlands to Cut Speed Limits to Curb Pollution
- PM Rutte seeks to balance economic needs, environmental rules
- Ruling in May by highest Dutch court triggered national debate
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s coalition government plans to lower daytime speed limits on Dutch highways in response to a court ruling on nitrogen pollution that halted construction projects and led to protests from farmers and builders.