Greener logistics with Oosterweel Link

LANTIS, as client for the Oosterweel Link, awarded the contract to Tijdelijke Maatschap Rechteroever Compleet (TM ROCO or Temporary Partnership Right Bank Complete) for €2,350m.

TM ROCO is composed of the Belgian construction companies BAM Contractors, Besix, Cordeel, DEME, Franki Construct, Jan De Nul, Van Laere and Willemen Infra.

Connecting Scheldt Tunnel and R1

The Right Bank sub-project, via the Oosterweel intersection, forms the link between the Scheldt tunnel and the R1, both in the Northern and Eastern directions.

“The R1 will also be constructed completely in a cutting and partly covered, so the Merksem viaduct will disappear and the urban landscape will undergo an extensive metamorphosis into a contemporary green and socially sustainable environment,” said Jan De Nul.

To achieve this in as short a time as possible it is necessary to build a temporary new R1 to the East of the existing R1.

The Right Bank sub-project is of a size and complexity never seen before in Flanders, however, ROCO believes that, from a technical point of view, it possesses the special techniques required for this large-scale project.