23 Jun '16

Weyts attends TEN-T infrastructure conference in Rotterdam

Summary

Flanders’ public works minister, Ben Weyts, presented the region’s major infrastructure projects at the EU’s annual conference of transport and mobility

 

Forging connections

Flemish public works minister Ben Weyts was in Rotterdam this week for the TEN-T Days, an annual conference and exhibition focusing on European infrastructure policy, organised by the sitting presidency of the European Union, currently the Netherlands. Weyts was in Rotterdam to give support to projects being backed by the government of Flanders.

Current major infrastructure projects in Flanders include the new lock at Terneuzen for the Ghent-Terneuzen canal (pictured), works on the Albert Canal and the new Seine-Scheldt connection. The conference also gave Weyts the opportunity for private talks with his Dutch counterpart, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, and representatives of the European Commission, which also supports many of the projects concerned.

The event took place in the former Van Nelle factory, a Unesco world heritage site on the Schie river now transformed into a steel-and-glass conference and business centre housing new media and design companies.

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