Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
de loper ligt uit voor [iets]
English translation:
[something] is warmly welcomed / embraced / given/left a clear field / ...
Dutch term
United Kingdom
Works in: Dutch to English
De Blauwe Loper ligt uit voor betonrecycling
The sentence is a section heading and nothing that follows helps. I'm thinking it could mean something like "stands out", "an outstanding example of" etc. but it's odd that I can't find any example of this word combination on the web.
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Proposed translations
Netherlands
TR is the most intimate act of reading.
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
Concrete recycling embraced in rolling out De Blauwe Loper.
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Concrete recycling embraced in rolling out 'the blue carpet'.
And explain later what 'the blue carpet' refers to.
The expression 'de loper ligt uit' indicates 'someone/something is warmly welcomed'.
So if 'de loper uitligt' for concrete recycling, it means this practice is warmly welcomed (or embraced).
'roll out' means launching something, while it also can be used in 'rolling out a carpet'
In this case the "De Blauwe Loper' project is launched while 'rolling out' also works well with 'blue carpet' (blauwe loper)
De blauwe loper ligt uit voor betonrecycling
Onder de naam ‘De Blauwe Loper’ wordt in de provincie Groningen een nieuwe brug voor fietsers en voetgangers aangelegd tussen Blauwestad en Winschoten. Het wordt met 800 meter één van de langste fietsbruggen van Europa. De brug zal met uitsluitend duurzame materialen aangelegd worden.
In januari is door Mebin in opdracht van Strukton Civiel Noord & Oost circulair beton gestort .
Het beton is gemaakt van Circuzand en Circugrind. Dit is gemaakt van end-of-life beton met de betonrecyclingstechniek die ontwikkeld is door GBN Groep in samenwerking met de TU Delft, onder de naam C2CA Technology B.V.
https://www.gbn.nl/updates/de-blauwe-loper-ligt-uit-voor-bet...
Sexy Water Recycling Embraced in San Diego!
https://sandiego.surfrider.org/news/oh-la-la-sexy-water-recy...
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writeaway
: Also see James Duncan's suggestion in the Dbox
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Of course I have seen it. See my response to his suggestion in the D-box. // True, his 'rolling out' gave me a significantly different idea. So, thanks to him for 'rolling out'. :-)
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philgoddard
: Sorry, but I think this is too contrived, and you don't roll out bridges.
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You do roll out 'lopers' and + a little bit of imagination, 'rolling out' could then be understood in rolling out this bridge project. I won't convince you of course. :-)
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Netherlands
technical, reliable, professional, fast
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Dutch to English
De Blauwe Loper re-cycles concrete
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Barend van Zadelhoff
: I understand your 'cycling' (fietsen) point, and it is funny, but the aspect of opportunity for concrete recycling is missing, while this is very important here. // Far-fetched, the opportunity aspect should be explicit, and cycling was about fietsen, no?
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Um... that's kind of missing my point entirely. Recycling is inherently opportunistic! ;-)
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Austria
From words to reality and back
Native in: Dutch
Works in: Dutch to English, Dutch to German, German to Dutch, and 4 more.
New walkway lays out the "Blue Carpet" for concrete recycling
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philgoddard
: The wordplay doesn't translate, so this doesn't work in my opinion.
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Netherlands
Business Language Solutions
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
De Blauwe Loper helps pave the way for concrete recycling
Or stay closer to the source and translate as:
De Blauwe Loper rolls out the carpet (or: red carpet) for concrete recycling
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philgoddard
: This is good, but it doesn't tell you what De Blauwe Loper is.
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You're right, but I assume this will become clear from the article itself. I tried to keep the headline as short as possible.
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Barend van Zadelhoff
: Sounds good.
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Thank you, Barend!
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United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Europe's longest cycle bridge marks a major advance in concrete recycling
The wordplay doesn't work in English, so there's no point trying to reproduce it.
Also, you shouldn't have to read the article to find out what De Blauwe Loper is. People are inherently lazy, and your job is to make the translation as easy as possible to read.
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Or "is a milestone in".
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Kitty Brussaard
: Hi Phil, you definitely have a point as far as the wordplay is concerned. I'm not sure if the bridge as such 'marks a major advance in concrete recycling', but perhaps you're right.
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Discussion
Concrete recycling embraced in rolling out De Blauwe Loper.
'De Blauwe Loper' is a name.
So basically it should not be translated.
See https://www.gbn.nl/updates/de-blauwe-loper-ligt-uit-voor-bet...
On the one hand you have the opportunity provided for concrete recycling.
On the other hand you have the construction of 'De Blauwe Loper', which is the cycle bridge.
Blauwe Loper
We leggen een nieuwe brug voor fietsers en voetgangers aan tussen Blauwestad en Winschoten. De brug wordt met 800 meter de langste fietsbrug van Europa. Op dit moment worden Blauwestad en het centrum van Winschoten gescheiden door de A7, het Oldambtmeer en het Winschoterdiep. De nieuwe brug voor fietsers en voetgangers zorgt voor de verbinding tussen Blauwestad en Winschoten.
+ image:
https://www.provinciegroningen.nl/projecten/blauwe-loper/
De rode loper ligt uit voor ...
see: https://tinyurl.com/ykc69d93
van Dale dictionary
de (rode) loper voor iemand uitleggen
give someone a red-carpet welcome/the red-carpet treatment