Supreme Court challenges in 1999 and 2005 led to temporary production stoppages but ultimately failed to stop construction of the seawall, which was opened in April 2006 and is 500 metres longer than the Afsluitdijk in Zuiderzee, the Netherlands, previously the longest dyke in the world.
Supreme Court challenges in 1999 and 2005 led to temporary production stoppages. Supreme Court challenges in 1999 and 2005 ultimately failed to stop construction of the seawall. The seawall was opened in April 2006. The seawall is 500 metres longer than the Afsluitdijk in Zuiderzee previously the longest dyke in the world. Zuiderzee was the Netherlands.