PROJECT SHEET DEPOLDERING NOORDWAARD ROOM FOR THE RIVER DETAILS Client Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management [Rijkswaterstaat] Location Werkendam Period 2011 - 2015 Contractor Combinatie Noordwaard Type of contract Design & Construct (UAV-gc) In 2000, the cabinet chose Room for the River as the starting point for a new approach to high water levels; a reversal in the way the Netherlands deals with water. Instead of further raising and strengthening dykes, the water gets more space. Safety and spatial quality are the main objectives of the Room for the River projects. THE PROJECT One of the projects within Room for the River is the Noordwaard Depoldering, on the Nieuwe Merwede, west of Werkendam and north of the de Biesbosch National Park. In five years, the po

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