Seine-Scheldt project

Flemish view

Decision 93/630/CEE

Realisation missing links and elimination bottlenecks

CEMT class of 1992 for international connections– minimum class IV (1350 tons)– for modernisation: minimum class Va

(2000 tons)– for new construction: class Vb (3000 to

6000 tons)

Decision 884/2004/EC

priority sections:– navigability improvements Deûlémont - Ghent– new canal Compiègne - Cambrai

Improvements: 54 km river Lys + 26 km canals

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Menen

Lock Menenupstream

dow nstream

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St Baafs Vijve

Lock St.Baafs-Vijveupstream

dow nstream

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Evergem

Lock Evergemupstream

dow nstream

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Ooigem

Lock Ooigem

upstreamdow nstream

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Harelbeke

Lock Harelbekeupstreamdow nstream

Dimensions existing locks

Length Width Depth

Evergem 136 m 16,0 m 4,25 m

St-B-Vijve 136 m 16,0 m 3,50 m

Harelbeke 115 m 12,5 m 3,50 m

Menen 195 m 12,5 m 4,50 m

Comines 185 m 12,5 m 4,50 m

Construction of new locks

Reason:– Dimensions class Vb

Length: 210 m (230 m)Width: 12,5 m (25 m)Depth: 4,7 m (5 m)

– Comfort capacity existing locks (“operation regime B”, 24 hours a weekday)Harelbeke: 5,2 M tons/yearSint-Baafs-Vijve: 10 M tons/year(Evergem: 7,7 to 12,3 M tons/year, depending

on measures of equal arrival)

Lock Evergem: under construction

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Improvements of the Lys river

Leie

Profile– deepening

with 1 m– 7 mooring

places for one way traffic

Lys and Diversion Canal of the Lys

Two way traffic– class Va or Vb (3,5 m) – class IV (3,0 m)– class Va (≤3,0 m) – class Va (≤3,0 m)

One way traffic– class Va (>3,0 m) – class Va (>3,0 m)– class Vb – class Vb

Improvements of the Northern Section of the Circular

Canal around Ghent

Industrial area– rectangular

profile– quay walls at

both banks

Ring Canal

Ghent – Ostend Canal and Northern Section of the Circular Canal Ghent

Two way traffic– class V (3,5 m) – class V (3,5 m)– mooring places on both sides (only on the

Circular Canal of Ghent)

Planning

Spring 2009

– Finish lock Evergem

– Start rest of the works

First Circular Canal of Ghent

Project completed in 2016