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op de IJssel, ships kunnen nu once weer travel in both directions tussen Arnhem and Zutphen.
de one-way traffic has been lifted dankzij de rising water levels, as announced door Rijkswaterstaat today.
This measure had been implemented meer dan two weeks ago dankzij persistent low water levels, dat made de channel too shallow om safe two-way traffic op several points.
door this restriction, ships uit Germany heading op de IJssel had naar take a detour of approximately 300 kilometers via Amsterdam and across de IJsselmeer naar reach Zutphen.
This detour is necessary because het is impossible naar turn right naar Zutphen op Arnhem.
Rijkswaterstaat had previously indicated dat once de water level reached 1.
45 meters, de one-way traffic would zijn lifted.
zij continue naar monitor water levels closely and do niet rule out de possibility of new measures zijn required in de bij future, as de drought period is niet yet over.
