Delta Programme 2014 submitted to the House
The new approach to water safety looks at both the risk and the consequences of flooding. In this way, everyone who lives behind the dikes in the Netherlands will have the same basic level of safety. This is stated in the fourth Delta Programme report “DP2014, Working on the Delta”, which Minister Schultz van Haegen submitted to the House of Representatives today.
New safety standards have been developed and fleshed out in the Delta Programme. This year, important steps have been taken along the road to these new standards. The National Vision on Coastal Development (Nationale Visie Kust) was published at the same time as the DP2014. This national vision on a safe coast is linked to spatial planning challenges along the coast.