The harbours of Antwerpen and Rotterdam are crucial for the regional economy. They can be sustainable as well: Greens from the region have developed an economically viable alternative to the existing expansion plans: A Green New Deal for the Schelde-Rhine delta policy. It proposes to:
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Coordination: Guy Mendonck (vision paper), Luc Lamote (campaign)
Campaign
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•30 May: Harbour Tour (see above for stops, click on each of the following place names for details): Sas van Gent - Zwijndrecht - Doel - Putte - Kalmthout - Roosendaal - Baarle Nassau. Read report.
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•6 May: Vision Document presented to Antwerp Harbour administrator. Read report De Lloyd
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•29 April: Vision document presented to executive director Zeeland Seaports. Read Report Reformatorisch Dagblad
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•Replace container transport, bringing only poor quality jobs and more air polluting road transport, by green jobs by relocalising production and turning harbours into laboratories of green technology;
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•Replace competition between Flanders and Rotterdam/ Zeeland, which leads to unnecessary extensions on both sides, by cooperation. Use the EU to create a level playing field
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•Invest in well considered rail and inland shipping projects, like the Robel goods rail line 11 which connects Antwerp to the Betuwe rail line in Rotterdam
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•Develop a relaunch programme to improve the environment quality in the harbour areas
Utopic? On the contrary. Terneuzen (Nl) and Gent (Be) already put it into practice. These former competitors have recently joined hands in Bio Base Europe, a joint venture of Ghent Bio-energy valley the province of Zeeland and Zeeland Seaports to merge t&d and best practices to convert biological waste into energy and other re-usable products.