Utrecht · FutureHubs.eu https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/ Utrecht has cut the speed limit to 30 km/h on about 270 streets and now offers home energy advice for €50, while it lays out a 12 km canal-side park due in 2035 and plans more bicycle parking at Vaartsche Rijn station and greener school playgrounds. en Utrecht started building a record 4,195 homes in 2025, mostly affordablehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/record-housing-construction-starts/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/record-housing-construction-starts/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTUtrecht started construction on 4,195 homes in 2025, more than in previous years and about 70 per cent of them affordable, which the city credits to a project-by-project approach that an independent evaluation judged effective and relatively efficient. Utrecht offers home energy advice for 50 euros to owners of poorly insulated homeshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/home-energy-advice-for-50-euros/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/home-energy-advice-for-50-euros/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTFrom 1 October, Utrecht will offer owners of poorly insulated homes and small private landlords a professional home energy advice visit for 50 euros, free for households such as U-pas holders, aiming to help at least 2,000 homeowners. Utrecht to add around 650 bike spaces at Vaartsche Rijn stationhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/vaartsche-rijn-bike-parking-expansion/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/vaartsche-rijn-bike-parking-expansion/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTUtrecht and ProRail will expand the bicycle parking at Vaartsche Rijn station on the Oosterkade by around 650 spaces, removing 44 of 224 car parking places, with works expected from the second half of 2028 and completion in 2029. Utrecht opens pre-school to two-year-olds and makes it free in Kanaleneilandhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/preschool-from-age-two-free-kanaleneiland/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/preschool-from-age-two-free-kanaleneiland/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTFrom 1 January 2027 Utrecht will open pre-school to children from the moment they turn two instead of two and a half, and make it free in Kanaleneiland, joining Overvecht, while U-pas holders already pay nothing citywide. Utrecht plans 12-kilometre canal-side park, to be complete by 2035https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/12-km-canal-side-park/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/utrecht/news/12-km-canal-side-park/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTUtrecht is building Rondje Stadseiland, a park along the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal and Merwedekanaal that will form a 12-kilometre walking and cycling loop by 2035; residents can comment on the plans and propose a new name until 2 October.