Works on the Oosterweel connection will enter a new phase in 2024. These works are to close the ring road around Antwerp. Lantis, the builder of the Oosterweel connection, will begin work on the construction of the Canal Tunnels in the Albert Canal in 2024. This will have an impact on shipping traffic at the site.
Lantis, Port of Antwerp-Bruges
29/01/2017 - 29/12/2030
Albert Canal
The Oosterweel connection completes the Antwerp Ring Road and removes through traffic and port traffic from the Ring Road. Port of Antwerp-Bruges is responsible for the safe passage of shipping traffic on the Albert Canal and the America dock during the works on the Canal Tunnels.
The work on the construction of the Canal Tunnels in the America dock and the Albert Canal will begin in 2024. These tunnels will connect the new Antwerp Ring Road to the newly constructed traffic interchange (the 'Oosterweel interchange'). For those works, Lantis will build a construction pit in the canal. This will make the Albert Canal a lot narrower. As a result, only one-way navigation traffic will be possible. To ensure that this runs as safely and smoothly as possible, Lantis and Port of Antwerp-Bruges are providing for the extension of vessel guidance (VTS Sector Weel) from April 15 and passage planning from May 13.
Once passage planning is launched, shippers will request passage through one of these channels:
VHF channel 62 will remain in effect when entering the VTS sector Weel. Five communication towers along the Albert Canal with cameras and traffic lights will help guide shipping traffic.
The principal Lantis is responsible for implementing the Oosterweel connection.
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