Veur-Lent

Veur-Lent is the name of an island in the Dutch river Waal. This city island is part of the municipality of Nijmegen, it is situated in the Lent Quarter, north of the city center.

Owing to the threat of dike breaches at high water, it was decided in 1995 that more water would need to flow through the river. Because of that, a sharp bend in the river was created that is called the Waalsprong, a gully that is three kilometers long.[1] This resulted in the creation of the new island.

These activities were started in 2011 and as a result, the water level was lowered by 30 centimeters.[2]

Various bridges were built to the island. The island can be reached by foot from the Waalbrug (Waal Bridge), Spoorbrug (Spoor Bridge), the Oversteek and the Lentloper. The latter was built at a later point from the side of Lent.

There are plans to build homes and shops on the island in the future. The costs of constructing the island amounted to 350 million euros.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Nijmegen krijgt eigen eiland in de Waal, NOS.nl, 29 november 2015
  2. ↑ Nijmegen heeft nu eigen eiland in de Waal, RD.nl, 30 november 2015

Coordinates: 51°51′15″N 5°51′54″E / 51.8542°N 5.8650°E / 51.8542; 5.8650

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