The Sand Motor

Driver of innovative coastal maintenance

Driver of innovative coastal maintenance About the Sand Motor

10 years of Building with Nature

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21.5 million cubic meters of sand was used for the Sand Motor

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Photo: Rob Oo Is the Sand Motor a suitable alternative to our current coastal maintenance? The evaluation of the 10-year Sand Motor shows that the innovative Sand Motor pilot is a success. The area of 21.5 million m3 of sand was constructed in 2011 off the coast of Kijkduin, The Hague according to the Building...
Updates | 14 January 2022
Results of 10 years Sand Motor now available
A large amount of data about the Sand Motor has been collected since 2011. The data is now available available online in English to other researchers. 
Updates | 16 April 2020
Research data Sand Motor available online
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