"That is service, because if they make use of the facilities and do not consume anything, we lose money on it.
Without tourists and people from the neighborhood, we wouldn't make it," Vaessen said.
Farther south in Nunhem, road restaurant Feyenoord faces similar succession issues along the Napoleonsbaan.
Owner Ans Smeets, 67, runs the 20-space facility established by her parents in 1968, but currently lacks a successor to take over the business.
Meanwhile, along the A2 highway in Weert, restaurant Goudreinet de Wildenberg is attempting to address the region's growing driver accommodation gap by expanding its current 40-space parking lot.
"Fortunately," said owner Bea Meulendijk-Verwoert, "we are not focused on a single target group. On weekends, when there are no drivers, it is also full."
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Meulendijk-Verwoert noted that truck drivers from Kelpen-Oler are already redirecting toward Weert, causing trucks to occasionally park along the road while the business awaits municipal approval for a zoning plan amendment to expand its land.
