Port of Rotterdam announces construction of Maasvlakte 2 to be completed soon

The first lengths of rail will be laid on the new land of Maasvlakte 2. The first trains should be running on the 12.3-km railway line in ten months’ time. But before it gets that far, all kinds of activities have to be completed and delivered. Everything comes together in the autumn of 2012. With a kind of domino effect each part has to be ready precisely on time to make the next step possible. Once the new seawall is ready at the end of 2012 and its road and rail systems have been laid, the new port entrance can be opened early in 2013 when the Yangtzehaven is dug through.

Currently the activities are concentrating on completing the hard seawall and constructing and connecting infrastructure. In 2013, the Yangtzehaven will become the access fairway to Maasvlakte 2. The land where now the Europaweg to Euromax and MOT still runs, will be scooped out at the end of 2012. It will only be possible to reach Euromax, Gate and MOT by the new road being constructed behind the seawall on Maasvlakte 2. Just behind the new seawall, the infrastructure will eventually have three to four flyovers, also known as dune viaducts. They will direct the traffic from the road on the outer contour to the coast or to the business sites. Contractor MNO Vervat will deliver the first dune viaduct this week. This junction opens up the current Distripark in the continuation of the A15 motorway. 


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