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In recent months, the corona crisis has also reached the new sea lock in IJmuiden. OpenIJ started taking measures at the construction site at a very early stage. Peter van Hoogstraten is project leader at OpenIJ for the eastern part of the lock in IJmuiden. We asked him three questions about this.

The following works will be carried out in May and June: The western part of the Middle Lock island will be cleared, the cofferdam for the lock sill of the outer head will be removed, and testing will be carried out on the new lock gates in Amsterdam and IJmuiden.

One year after the start of the construction of the Lock Operation Center on 9 October 2017, the contours of the striking object halfway along the southern lock chamber wall are clearly visible. A distinctive characteristic of the design is that the 18 metre high building inclines towards the lock at an angle of 15 degrees.