This looks like a pretty new neighborhood. Those get build as mass projects. The entire neighborhood is tendered to a single contractor (usually a consortium of

This looks like a pretty new neighborhood. Those get build as mass projects. The entire neighborhood is tendered to a single contractor (usually a consortium of multiple companies). It gets a common design, with everything made to fit together. They can look pretty monotonous. Some people call them living-factories ("woonfabrieken"). The advantage is that they are high-quality homes and all kinds of services are designed in: there's a space for super markets and a few other shops, a handful of restaurants, doctors and dentists, primary schools and daycares. Everything you need for living with a young family. Infrastructure, like bridges, are also designed in. The overall plan has had an environmental review. Probably multiple, and also other kinds of reviews. It can take years before such a plan gets approval, but in the end the municipal council usually agrees. There were probably already some basic bridges designed at those spots. If the municipal council liked the idea, it wouldn't have taken much to get the design changed to this.