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Planning and implementing were not an issue because of the scale of the pilot project. The applicability of this measure to several other locations in the Western Scheldt (Westerschelde) has to be analysed in detail in order to derive sound recommendations. A knowledge gap was revealed regarding the understanding of sediment transport pathways and resulting sedimentation and erosion patterns.