At the end of 1993, the council of Utrecht approved of the 'Stedebouwkundig Plan De Uithof' as a formal document to be used as a basis for further development of the university campus. A residential area, exclusively meant for student housing, was agreed upon by both the university and the city, located south of the Cambridgelaan. On the map below the area is drawn to the right of the triangular ecological zone. For the first time in the history of 'De Uithof' not only agreement was reached on the principles of future development, but it was documented as well. The 1993 plan is referred to as the plan 'Koolhaas / Zaaijer'.

The red line in the centre of the map represents the way public transportation was supposed to serve 'De Uithof' At the time the plan was drawn, a tramway was conceived. Unfortunately, the 1993 elections for the city council influenced this aspect of the planning process dramatically. Political party D'66 won the elections and stopped the tramway. It favoured an underground solution that proved to be unrealistic. The plans for the tramway, though ready for contracting, were never to be carried out. Public transportation were to become a hot issue for 'De Uithof' for over ten years...