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Seine-Nord Europe Canal
- The Seine-Nord Europe Canal is a 107 km new waterway linking France with Belgium and the Netherlands, part of the Seine-Scheldt link, meant to relieve the narrower Canal du Nord[2][3]
- It received a green light in 2003 but stalled over funding and route; work began in 2024, with full service targeted for 2030[2][3]
- Euronews puts the investment at EUR 5.1 billion from the French government, local authorities and the EU; the 2022 Seine-Scheldt update estimated EUR 5 billion; The B1M's 2026 film is titled EUR 7BN[2][3]
- Funding includes an EU grant of EUR 2.1 billion (2019), State EUR 1.1 billion and local authorities EUR 1.1 billion[2]
- It involves up to sixty bridges, three canal bridges, seven locks and 700 hectares of environmental plantation; the canal is 54 m wide, and it could remove up to a million heavy trucks from French roads a year[3]
- Sector 1 (18 km, Compiegne to Passel) was authorised in April 2021; sectors 2-4 (89 km) were aimed for authorisation in March 2024[2]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=VdWQQ1OCUPoyoutube.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2030 ✓· 70% of score
A target, per the source: work continues "until 2030, when the entire Seine-Scheldt[2] network will be brought into service", though some sources put full completion closer to 2032.
- [2]88%The Seine-Nord Europe Canal? Here we go! – Seine Escautseine-scheldt.eu· Published Jan 1, 2026· 26% of score
The Seine-Escaut project's own site states work continues "until 2030, when the entire Seine-Scheldt network will be brought into service," matching the pin's stored end-of-2030 target exactly as the primary project-consortium source.
- [3]84%Europe's answer to the Suez Canal breaks ground after 20-year delay – Euronewseuronews.com· Published Sep 27, 2024· 4% of score
Euronews confirms the canal is "expected to be finished in 2030" after breaking ground following a 20-year delay, published 27 September 2024, independently corroborating the Seine-Escaut consortium's own 2030 completion target.
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