Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin 1920s gwamnatin Belgium ta buƙaci maye gurbin Canal ta Zuid-Beveland, don kiyaye tashar Antwerp ta isa ga cinikin Rhine mai riba. Dangane da shirin asali, sabon tashar ya kamata ya haɗa Antwerp kai tsaye zuwa Moerdijk a kan Hollands Diep, amma bayan Yaƙin Duniya na biyu da
Ambaliyar Tekun Arewa ta 1953 gwamnatin Netherlands ta yanke shawarar cewa sabon tashar ya kamata ya zama wani ɓangare na Delta Works kuma ya ba da shawarar hanyar yamma, a zahiri zai ɗauki hanya ɗaya kamar tsohuwar kogin Striene. Bayan gwamnatin Belgium ta yarda a shekara ta 1963, aka soma aikin a kan hanyar.