Western Scheldt

Western Scheldt

. Instead, the dykes around it have been heightened and reinforced.

Many ships have sunk in the Western Scheldt. Following an agreement between the Netherlands and Flanders governments in 1995, many of these wrecks have been removed to improve shipping access to Antwerp. It was expected that the last 38 wrecks in the shipping channel would be removed during 2003. The largest wreck was the convert|131|m|ft|adj=on long "Alan A. Dale" which was removed during June 2003.

Western Scheldt Tunnel

Mid-March 2003, a convert|6.6|km|mi|adj=on tunnel under the Western Scheldt was opened, the Western Scheldt Tunnel, from Ellewoutsdijk (mun. Borsele) in Zuid-Beveland to Terneuzen in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. It is the longest road traffic tunnel of the Netherlands. The toll fee is €4.60 (2008) for cars and motorcycles. Motorcyclists have protested against the fact that their fee is the same as for cars. Payment is at the Tolplein on the north bank, for both directions.

The tunnel is not accessible for pedestrians, cyclists or moped riders; however, there are bus services, and upon request (one hour in advance) bicycles and mopeds can be transported in the bus and a trailer, respectively. New public transport nodes are Tolplein (mun. Borsele) on the north bank and Terneuzen Busstation on the south bank. Bus services through these nodes are:

*Bus 20: Goes-Tolplein-Terneuzen bus station-Sluiskil-Sas van Gent-Zelzate (Flanders)
*Bus 50: between Middelburg and Hulst

Bus passengers do "not" have to pay a supplement over the regular bus tariff.

Ferry

The ferry between Flushing and Breskens, formerly a car ferry, is now accessible for pedestrians and cyclists only. It is now operated by Veolia Fast Ferries Zeeland, part of Connex. First with the existing ships, but as of 2 May 2004 with two "small waterplane area twinhulls" (swaths, similar to catamarans), built at the Royal Schelde Group in Flushing, and named "Prins Willem Alexander" and "Prinses Máxima".

The ferry Kruiningen-Perkpolder has been discontinued.

External links

* [http://www.bba.nl/1/35/36/ Ferry]
* [http://www.westerscheldetunnel.nl/index.cfm?language=en Tunnel]
* [http://www.zeeland.nl/uploaded_files/1123_oversteek_westerschelde.pdf Ferry and Tunnel] (in Dutch, pdf, 1MB)


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