DHV and KuiperCompagnons design waterfront on Warta River in Poznan, Poland
Poznan Municipality and investor SwedeCenter have founded a partnership called "Na Rzecz Warty" with the Dutch consultancy firms KuiperCompagnons (Urban Planning & Design) and DHV (Engineering). This cooperation opens up an unique opportunity for designing a complex development plan for the waterfront areas situated on the Warta River.
The Dutch Government is supporting the project as part of its 'Working with water worldwide' programme. The total investment comes to 400,000 euro.
Several severe floodings
In recent years the Warta on several occasions has caused floods in Poznan, with major material and financial damage as a result. The canalized course of the river is no longer able to cope with the ever-larger peak flows. What's more, the civil engineering approach to the river adopted by the municipal authorities in the past has led to the city now back-facing the river.
Improvement of flood safety system
The 'Development Strategy River Warta Poznań' project hinges on drawing up a strategy that allows water safety measures to be incorporated in Poznań's broadly based social development while at the same time enabling spatial developments to be adapted to essential water management measures.
Artist's impression of new waterfront along the Warta river.
The currently neglected river floodplains will be restored and made attractive in tandem with water safety improvements. Thus the historically mutually beneficial relationship of city and water will get a future-orientated refreshment.
The Dutch partners KuiperCompagnons and DHV will draw upon their experience from various ‘Room for the River' projects in the Netherlands and urban innovations worldwide.
Working with water worldwide
The Dutch 'Working with water worldwide' subsidy program seeks to combine the strengths of experts to improve the international position of the Dutch water sector, thus contributing to solutions to the global water issue. For this purpose the program is supporting ambitious parties in the Dutch water sector by providing subsidies to carry out innovative projects in other countries.
The Partners for Water project is being implemented by NL EVD International (part of NL Agency) and the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP).
This press release was originally published on the websites of
DHV and KuiperCompagnons
More information
Na rzecz warty partnership
www.dorzeczni.pl
DHV
Amersfoort, the Netherlands
+31 33 468 20 00
www.dhv.com
KuiperCompagnons
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 10 433 00 990
www.kuiper.nl