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Dunkerque – Scheldt axis

It’s including the canal of Dunkerque from Valenciennes to the Scheldt and to the Walloon backbone, and the Deûle in the direction of Gent: upgrade to ECMT class Va (bidirectional) and class Vb (unidirectional), and improvement of the navigation conditions, by December 2027

On all sections:
- studies to increase the capacity of the locks (by doubling and/or lengthening), by June 2025;
- establishment of the remote control of the locks, by December 2025;
- securing of the navigation conditions for ECMT class V vessels, by December 2027;
Section from Arleux to Anzin:
- modernisation and rehabilitation of the Denain lock, by December 2022,
Section from Arleux to Deulemont:
- upgrade of the Deûle to ECMT class Va (bidirectional) and class Vb (unidirectional), by October 2023;
- modernisation and rehabilitation of the locks (including Don and Grand-Carré), by December 2020, and lengthening of the Quesnoy-sur-Deûle lock, by December 2026;
Section from Bauvin to Dunkerque:
- defenses of the riverbanks of the canal of Aire Neufossé (phases 1 and 2),by December 2027, and defenses of the riverbanks and rehabilitation of the waterline on the biefs of Fontinettes, by December 2027;
- Studies to rehabilitate the downstream head of the Fontinettes lock, by 2030.
- Reopening of the Condé-Pommeroeul Canal to ECMT class Va, in October 2023.