• 5thMay 2011

    BSc students conduct study on the Voorstraat in Dordrecht

    MARE partners have requested a group of BSc students of the Hogeschool Rotterdam to conduct
    a study on the Voorstraat, a primary dyke in Dordrecht. The dyke is not high enough and can not
    be easily strengthened because of the (monumental) buildings on top of it. Nonetheless, the levee
    is considered unbreachable precisely because of these adjacent buildings. Alternatives such as
    ‘dry canals’ are being developed and evaluated to enable overtopping and convey the flood water.
    Preliminary results have been presented and mid-2011 final results are expected. 

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