It seems that Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s leading riches, is after proving that even mountains can be moved with enough money. More precisely, in this case, it would be more correct to say bridges rather than mountains.
According to local reports from Dutch News and Boat International, the historic Koningshaven bridge in the city of Rotterdam will be temporarily disabled to allow Bezos’ new massive superyacht to sail. The ultra-luxury yacht currently under construction is expected to be the world’s largest sailing yacht when completed.
An application has been made for the dismantling of the bridge:
It has been reported that Oceanco has applied to the municipality of Rotterdam for the yacht, which will be built by the Dutch private yacht manufacturer Oceanco and will be an estimated 127 meters in length. According to this, Oceanco stated that the 40-meter span of the historical bridge was not long enough for the three huge masts of the yacht to pass; He demanded that the bridge be ‘dismantled’ so that the yacht could pass. It was noted that Oceanco and Bezos personally offered to finance the dismantling.
On the other hand, the bridge, which was built in 1927 and also known as ‘De Hef’, is considered a national monument. It is known that it was badly damaged in the Rotterdam bombing during World War II and has been renovated many times since then, most recently in 2017. Therefore, the next dismantling of the bridge was expected to occur only when the bridge would have to be out of service; but it looks like the Dutch Council will make an exception for Bezos.
Naturally, most people in Rotterdam reacted to the fact that a century-old historical monument would be dismantled at the behest of a billionaire. “Employment is important, but there are limits to what you can and can do for our heritage,” Ton Wesselink, a member of the Rotterdam Historical Society, told the NL Times on the subject. used the phrases.
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