PROJECT SHEET FORELANDS EXCAVATION DEVENTER ROOM FOR THE RIVER DETAILS Client Water Board Groot Salland Location Deventer Period 2011 - 2015 Contractor IJsselfront Consortium Type of contract E&C INTRODUCTION The river IJssel narrows at Deventer. This bottleneck is an obstacle at high tide. The river needs to be given more space. The project Room for the River Deventer seeks to improve water safety by excavating six large secondary ditches (also known in Dutch as “hanks”) along a length of approximately 10 kilometres. The activities are performed in the foreland areas of the IJssel. The size of the area is approximately 5.40 square kilometres. The area has been designated a Bird Directive Area and a Natura 2000 area. The project implements various measures to improve the spatial

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