Visit to the construction site of the Dobbepark: ‘We cross the water lake by bike’

From the hiking and cycling paths around the Grote Dobbe you can peek between the gates to see what is happening there at the construction site. You can’t see what exactly happens between those large sand mountains from the outside. Indebuurt visited the construction site of the Dobbark for a tour of Corrad Goesten, environment manager on behalf of AW Groep.

It Marseillepad is now ready But around the Burgemeester Aptrootpark you can still see high mountains with sand, sticks with red flags and large metal parts in the pond: what happens there?

Hidden workplace

Every working day contractor Aron Verdouw and his colleagues from AW Bouw on the new city park. In the middle of the Dobbepark there is their construction site with an office, plan space and toilet. In addition, piles with materials and mountains with sand that conceal the construction site.

The water over the bike

Nice detail is that a temporary bridge has been laid over the Grote Dobbe. This ensures a short route from the Dobbe Island to Nicolaaspark. In addition, construction traffic does not run via the Dorpsstraat because they want to handle the old village center carefully. Construction workers cross the water by excavator, bicycle or while walking to get to the other side of the construction site. That bridge is unique, because normally you can’t cross the pond at all.

Sink

Three play islands and a nature island will be located in the so -called Project Central Park. You can see the contours from a distance, but the Hoge Zandbergen on it do not indicate the correct height of the islands. “They are intended as input tax,” Corrad explains. “The islands sink slightly over time. We therefore poured sand heaps on the islands to accelerate this process. We use the posts with red and white ribbons as measuring points. In a while we will remove the sand and the islands have the same level as the Dobbe Island.”

Puddle

The steel slats will soon form a long hiking trail around the pond. Visitors have enough space to walk on the path, but you have to be careful. The platform does not get any handrails, but a raised edge. The sticks with waving flags

Just patience

In the meantime, the contractor has also started work on the Nicolaaspark. There will be new paving stones, a jeu-de-boulesbaan and parking spaces. The platform will soon join the Nicolaasbos. This way you can reach the Nicolaaspark on walking, via both the platform and the Marseillepad.