W&Z takes first step in upgrading Dender

In Aalst, W&Z will build a new weir and lock to replace the existing but completely obsolete infrastructure. The new structures will be located about a kilometre upstream from the current complex, which will remain operational during the works. The Dender will make a bend at the new location. The new weir and lock will first be built next to the river. Only then will the connection be made and the current bend cut off. Because the weir will be moved upstream, the property between old and new weir will also have to be deepened and the banks adapted.