Second part of N49 to be turned into motorway

In the 1990s, the N49 was assigned the role of motorway in the Flanders Spatial Structure Plan in view of its important connecting function between the Flemish ports and important European economic regions. Between Antwerp and Zelzate, the transformation of the N49 into the E34 motorway has already been realised, and now it is the turn of the section between Zelzate and Westkapelle (near Knokke-Heist).