Construction Terneuzen lock more expensive for Flanders due to contaminated soil

According to Dutch newspaper FD, the contamination was discovered a year ago and has since been removed. The Dutch Rijkswaterstaat confirmed this to the newspaper. All the more remarkable that the size of the clean-up costs are not yet known, which the newspaper said indicates that there are heated discussions between the parties involved. In any case, the bill is for the client, the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission, and not for the builders. “The soil contamination was not foreseen in the tender,” said a spokesman for Rijkswaterstaat. This does not seem to put the builders at risk.