Valkenburgse Meer bank still unstable, more sandbags placed

The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland has reinforced and widened the emergency dike along the sunken bank of the Valkenburgse Meer near Leiden with more sandbags. The ‘big bags’ of sand that had been there since Wednesday have been moved to the back in the low-lying polder to absorb any flooding. Two days after a large section of the southern bank sank into the water over a length of approximately 200 metres, the Hoogheemraadschap says it still can…