On Tuesday December 17, Voies navigables de France inaugurated the Centralized Command Post (PCC) in Compiègne (Oise). The event was attended by Cécile AVEZARD, Managing Director of VNF, Stéphane BOUSQUET, VNF Territorial Director, Christian GUYARD, Sub-Prefect of the Compiègne district, and Philippe MARINI, Mayor of Compiègne and President of the Compiègne Region Conurbation.
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The modernization of the Seine-Scheldt network is based on a change in the management of inland waterway structures in France and Belgium, through a gradual transition from local, site-by-site control to centralized management of many structures via remote control, within Centralized Control Post (PCC). These PCCs will increase the range of services available on the wide-gauge network, with 24-hour operation, while guaranteeing safer working conditions for personnel.
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Commissioned in June 2024, the Compiègne PCC remotely controls 4 sites on the River Oise at Venette, Verberie, Sarron and Creil: a total of 8 lock chambers, 4 dams and fishways are remotely managed from Compiègne. This PCC will gradually be extended to 7 sites (13 lock chambers, 4 dams and 4 fishways), with the addition of the Bellerive and Janville locks on the Canal Latéral à l’Oise, and the Montmacq lock on the future Seine-Nord Europe Canal. By 2027, this PCC will become a branch of the Conflans-Sainte-Honorine CCS, responsible for controlling the entire wide-gauge network of the Seine basin, i.e. 455km of waterways.
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This project has received financial support from the European Union, as part of the European project of Seine-Scheldt inland waterway network.
