Minister Peeters (Open Vld) should take part in the watershed in Westhoek in order to avoid it | Wateroverload in West- and Oost-Vlaanderen

The French regulator has a taskforce in which the work is carried out within a large area with the intention of coming “from the dergelijke rampen in de toekomst zo veel mogelijk te vermijden”. The task force was made up of experts from the Flemish region and local actors.

Volgens Vlaams minister of open works Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) zal de taskforce niet van nul moeten vertrekken. This means that the Vlaamse regering the plan and the maatregelen genomen, gaande van de Blue Deal tot the Vlaams Klimaatadaptatieplan. The new task force according to the minister now “zo quickly move to the concrete actions come”, with name dan voor de Westhoek en specifiek het IJzerbekken.

“If we invest in water management of our water in the orde, we want to learn how to use the water and also get the water,” Aldus Peeters.

The assessments in the Westhoek are made by Minister of Omgeving Zuhal Demir also in the overtuiging of the focus on climate adaptation of the juiste. Vlaanderen heeft voor the adaptation (aanpassing van de samenleving aan de klimaatverandering) also a plan uitwerkt en middelen voorzien. “The overcurrent needs to be taken into account when the tension is still in full swing,” said Minister Demir.

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