North Sea Canal: 150-year-old waterway at center of land-use conflict

Competing plans by water boards, companies, and politicians for the area around the 21-km North Sea Canal are clashing, highlighting a strategic bottleneck for Dutch port and industrial access. The canal's age and limited space are forcing hard trade-offs between economic, environmental, and recreational uses. The outcome will shape regional logistics and industrial capacity.

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