During August, the Port of Amsterdam informed that OpenIJ will work on the walls of the new sea lock and on the flood defence. In addition, excavation work for the lock sill cofferdam is still ongoing.
At the inner lock head, work is continuing on the installation of reinforcement steel for the walls. The builders are concreting stages 3 and 4 for the walls at a height of 13 metres above NAP (Normal Amsterdam Level).
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The walls of the inner lock head will be constructed in seven stages in total. The reinforcement steel for the walls of the inner lock head has already been installed up to a height of 18 metres above NAP. Two lock gates will also be installed into the inner lock head, namely the gate on the North Sea Canal side and the spare lock gate.
During August, work will take place on the future flood defence. The height of the flood defence will be 8.85 metres above NAP. Contracting consortium OpenIJ is currently working on the walls of the flood defence. The future public road will be built on top of the flood defence.
Finally, excavation work is being conducted for the lock sill cofferdam next to the outer lock head. In this cofferdam, the lock sill is being built on which the future outer gate will run for closing and opening the lock.
Port of Amsterdam’s new sea lock, which will be the world’s largest, will be opened later than planned. Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, informed the Dutch House of Representatives of the altered schedule for the completion of the lock, which will be completed 27 months later. The date will be moved to no later than the end of January 2022.
As the Port said:
We regret this outcome of events. Since the Noordersluis lock will now remain operational longer, the accessibility of ports in the North Sea Canal Area will, in any event, not be compromised.
