The Port of Rotterdam is going to redirect approximately 4 km of the port (or first) section of the Betuwe Route. As a result, the railway line will no longer run over the Caland Bridge, so that shipping and rail traffic will cease to get in each other’s way from 2020 onwards. It will also bring an end to all the noise nuisance caused by the rail track near the village of Rozenburg.
Construction of the new route will cost around EUR 275 million. The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment is contributing over EUR 100 million, the European Union EUR 62 million and the Port Authority the remainder. That is close on EUR 100 million. The Port Authority will construct the new route and then hand the railway line over to ProRail.
The Caland Bridge near Rozenburg is a steel vertical lift bridge that will reach the end of its technical lifespan in 2020. The bridge is an important traffic hub, used by rail and road traffic. By redirecting the railway line over the Rozenburgse Sluis and via Theemsweg, the increasing rail traffic to and from Europoort and the Maasvlakte will no longer be obstructed by shipping. This will considerably improve the flow of traffic.
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