{"id":43697,"date":"2025-10-08T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/?post_type=blog&p=43697"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:53:02","slug":"from-smooth-snake-to-deer-ecovalley-zwarte-berg-rolls-out-the-green-carpet","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/news\/from-smooth-snake-to-deer-ecovalley-zwarte-berg-rolls-out-the-green-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"From Smooth Snake to Deer: Ecovalley Zwarte Berg Rolls Out the Green Carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minister of Environment Jo Brouns has officially opened the Zwarte Berg Ecovalley in Oudsbergen. What was once an insurmountable barrier – the busy N76 in central Limburg – is now a safe passage for wildlife. The ecovalley reconnects the Zwartberg nature reserve and the Houthalen-Helchteren military training grounds with the nature area around the Klaverberg. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Commissioned by Jan De Nul, Sweco designed this ecovalley near the Zwartberg spoil tip. The project is a showcase of integrated design in a challenging context<\/strong>: a nature reserve with strict permitting conditions. Construction was carried out under a design-and-build contract by Jan De Nul en De Werkvennootschap, commissioned by the Department of Environment, in collaboration with the Agency for Nature and Forests and the Agency for Roads and Traffic.<\/p>\n

Our ecologists delivered, among other things:<\/strong><\/p>\n