Royal Haskoning investigates dyke relocation
As the leading partner in a consortium Royal Haskoning is to assist the municipality of Nijmegen in The Netherlands to draw up a regional planning programme for the ‘ Space for the Waal’ project.
As part of the project, Royal Haskoning will design plans for an area that is to be modified as a result of the relocation of a dyke in the area. An environmental impact assessment will be prepared based on the results of various surveys. Royal Haskoning was chosen following a public invitation to tender and is due to complete its evaluation of the various alternatives early in 2010.
The regional planning programme that is being developed for the area will include different combinations of housing and related facilities, recreational facilities, nature conservation efforts and cultural opportunities. Special focus will be placed on the parallel channel and planning and layout of a new peninsula which, according to the plan, will stretch from the existing Waal Bridge to the new city bridge.
The surveys will be diverse and will focus on nature conservation and development, archaeology in the area and recreational uses of the area. Royal Haskoning will also consider the effects of enlarging the parallel channel in the Oosterhout Waarden on the water levels in the River Waal.
The surveys will be diverse and will focus on nature conservation and development, archaeology in the area and recreational uses of the area. Royal Haskoning will also consider the effects of enlarging the parallel channel in the Oosterhout Waarden on the water levels in the River Waal.
