Hondsbossche Dunes
Battling the sea since 12th century 1388; first small sand dyke 4th village built
Assessment 2004; failed Stability Gras revetment Overtopping
Directive Safety+ spatial quality 50 year Cooperation of Hoogheemraadschap, Province Noord-Holland, Rijkswaterstaat
Three alternatives
Stakeholders, inhabitants
Preferred option… Sand! Safe Opportunities for nature, recreation, tourism Adaptable to climate change Support from stakeholders Impact on environment negligible (landscape) Building within 1 year
Signing collaboration agreements PNH, RWS en HHNK Spatial quality Signing collaboration agreements Nature
In figures Het ontwerp Max budget € 250 mil, incl 20 years maintenance 8 km beach 6 km dunes 35.000.000 m³ sand Max budget € 250 mil, incl 20 years maintenance Contract: Design, construct, maintenance (20 year) Het ontwerp
Nature mitigation measures Elastocoast on groynes Flood (high tide) water refuge for birds Higher rubble stone zone on Texel
In strong collaboration with contractor Knowledge and experience Creative solutions and innovative techniques Contractors communicate directly to stakeholders Winner on both price and quality: Technology, nature, recreation and inconvenience Contract; construction and 20 years of maintenance
Werkvolgorde en planning Building period Werkvolgorde en planning 3-3-2014: First under water nourishment 8-3-2015: Minister Schulz declared the coast safe
Start on 3 march 2014 Vooroeversuppletie met 3 sleephopperzuigers
Tourist attraction
Lessons Learned Joint cost benefits standards (with nature reservation organisation) Describe consequences for management and maintenance for both nature and sand Prior agreements about exchange of data Prior evaluation of value for landscape by independent experts
Research Reduce uncertainties under- water design (Phd) Wind-sand transport (MSc) Under water sand losses (MSc) Nature 2000 predictability and optimisation of design (Ecoshape) Optimal slope/height/width of dunes Vegetation Ground water levels Collecting data for next steps (HHNK) Ground water Height/depth measurements Storm chasers team? Publish raw data for research and design community
RWS & la Mer (2014-2017) HHNK (2013-2020/2035) Excavation permit (ecologie) NB-permit (ecology, hydrology) Van Oord & Boskalis (2015-2035) Maintenance (morphology, ecology, hydrology) HHNK– universities Sand drift, dune development, management measures (morphology) EcoShape (2015-2018) Nature based solutions (morphology, ecology, hydrology)