Pre-study of the hydraulic works for the Seine-Scheldt-East Project

The Seine-Scheldt-East project in the Walloon Region (Belgium) requires the upgrade to Class Va of the waterways between the Scheldt and the Sambre Rivers. This project involves amongst other the building of 4 new locks at Obourg (Centre canal), Viesville, Gosselies and Marchienne-au-Pont (Charleroi-Brussels canal) and 2 new movable weirs at Kain and Herinnes (Scheldt River). The Service Public de Wallonie (SPW), represented by the Hydraulic Research Laboratory, has therefore requested a pre-study to ULg-ANAST and Hydroconsult to define the general layout of the new locks and weirs, with a particular emphasis on standardisation. After collection of relevant data, appropriate technical solutions were selected through a multicriteria analysis, before being adapted to each particular site (feasibility study).