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Possible misuse of earmarked parking revenue

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A municipality may have spent hundreds of millions of euros in parking revenue on purposes other than traffic and transport systems and public space, for which the revenue had been earmarked. A planned repeal of the rule linking the revenue to those purposes was not carried out, despite political support for withdrawing it.

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Amsterdam-Zaanstad Court of Auditors criticises municipal budget

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The Amsterdam-Zaanstad Court of Auditors criticised the municipal budget presented the previous month, saying Finance Alderman Hendrik Jan Biemond had provided the city council with insufficient information. In a letter to council members, the independent body said the budget had been substantially simplified. It also said that plans had not yet been made for most of the €344 million in savings included in the budget.