Dutch Infrastructure Authorities Complete Historic Reinforcement of the Afsluitdijk Flood Defense System
Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure, has successfully completed a massive, multi-year engineering reinforcement of the iconic Afsluitdijk. The billions invested in raising the structural height and installing advanced pumping stations guarantee the climate resilience of the low-lying Netherlands against projected global sea-level rises over the next century.