Up close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate. Standing alongside it from one end, where a three-story hinge links to a massive steel lattice, the Maeslant storm surge barrier resembles ...

HOEK VAN HOLLAND, Netherlands, -- Like two enormous butterfly wings, massive yet delicate, the 700-foot-wide gates of the Maeslant storm-surge barrier sit on either side of the New Waterway, a ...

The Dutch Government spent 450 million building the Maeslant barrier to protect the reclaimed land across the Coast of the Netherlands. thefinanser.co.uk Minister Schultz was accompanied by several ...

HOEK VAN HOLLAND, The Netherlands — Up close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate. Viewed from one end, where a three-story hinge links to a massive steel lattice, the Maeslant storm ...

This is the first installment of a Times-Picayune and Advocate series exploring how the Netherlands’ climate change adaptation strategies could be a model for the Louisiana coast. HOEK VAN HOLLAND, ...