1. Measures Lowering flood plains 5) Lateral flow channel
Removing hydraulic obstacles 6) Lowering of groynes
Setting back dikes 7) Deepening low flow channel
Detention reservoir 8/9) Dike reinforcement

2. 1) Lowering flood plains
Vreugderijkerwaard

3. 2) Removing hydraulic obstacles
Spoorbrug Oosterbeek

4. 3) Depoldering
Overdiepse polder
1960 land reclaimed

5. 5) Flood bypasses
Veesen-Wapenveld

6. Voorbeelden van maatregelen
6) Lowering groynes
Perception changes
Voorbeelden van maatregelen
Kribverlaging
Future value

7. Innovation Better, smarter, faster, cheaper, ….
Conventional way -> Innovatie
Beter, slimmer, sneller, goedkoper:
Nieuwe dingen
Toepassingen van elders
Schaalvergroting …
Het hoeft niet (echt) nieuw te zijn!

8. Overview Programme Room for the River reason task organisation
Measures
Challenges
Noordwaard

9. Damage compensation & expropriation
Basic principle
Government compensates all damage that occurs as result of our Programme
Damage Compensation
Regulations for all kinds of damage
Compulsory acquisition (government disowns)
Dutch constitution: only for public purposes with high importance
People will have damage due to the programme. How to be solved?

10. Issues still to be solved
Amendment of existing regulations
Cooperation within the programme with decentralized authorities
European nature legislation
Reallocation of families and farms
etc. etc,

11. Overview Programme Room for the River reason task organisation
Measures
Challenges
Depoldering Noordwaard

13. Location project

14. Current situation 1700 ha agriculture 49 households 26 farms 2 marina
museum
bastion
Total area appr ha;
200 inhabitants

17. Task (1) Required effectivity: safety is the highest goal
water level reduction of at least 30 cm at Gorinchem
Focus on agriculture and inhabitants:
sustainable perspective for agriculture (in- or outside Noordwaard)
current inhabitants are able to stay/live in the Noordwaard
The Secretary of State formulated an assignment to be implemented by Rijkswaterstaat, with the following requirements:

18. Location project

19. Task (1) Required effectivity: safety is the highest goal
water level reduction of at least 30 cm at Gorinchem
Focus on agriculture and inhabitants:
sustainable perspective for agriculture (in- or outside Noordwaard)
current inhabitants are able to stay/live in the Noordwaard
The Secretary of State formulated an assignment to be implemented by Rijkswaterstaat, with the following requirements:

20. Task (2) Focus on spatial quality: identity Biesbosch
European nature network
joint use for recreation in combination with entrepreneurship
fit in Fort Steurgat (cultural historical element)
sustainable plan for the future (not neceassary that the goverment must take measures within 15 years)
Budget: ca. 300 million euro/ 400 million dollar
2015!