14-06-2022 - At the beginning of February 2022, Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) closed lighthouse 't Lage Licht due to cracks in the floors. The Polderhuis is in close consultation with Rijkswaterstaat for a solution. We would like to open again, the summer season is just around the corner! Unfortunately, it all takes a little longer than hoped because Rijkswaterstaat is looking at the technical condition of all Dutch lighthouses. The Polderhuis has urged to include the Iron Tower as one of the first lighthouses to be restored. RWS looks at three scenarios for safe opening: Exposing cracking floors + temporary measures Placing reinforcement beams Restriction on the number of people that can visit the lighthouse Unfortunately, Rijkswaterstaat cannot provide a time estimate yet, due to ongoing investigations and the technical complexity of the lighthouse. As soon as a schedule is available, Rijkswaterstaat will inform the Polderhuis.

05-02-2022 - Lighthouse 't Lage Licht is temporarily closed to the public. Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) discovered cracks in the floors during a regular inspection. Rijkswaterstaat will now investigate this first. Further research is needed The service inspected all lighthouses in the Netherlands last year. The construction of the lighthouses in Westkapelle were subsequently assessed as safe. Although at 't Lage Licht it has been found that the floors contain cracks in some places. "Further research must assess the quality (ie load-bearing capacity) of the floors", Rijkswaterstaat said. That study will be conducted in the first half of 2022. It is not yet clear how long that will take.

09-12-2020 - The spot on the dike at the top of the stairs to the Polderhuis is temporarily empty. The Sherman tank is being renovated by the Liberation Museum and will be moved to Nieuwvliet on December 8th. The renovation will take about a year. The renovation can be followed on the internet. As soon as the website is known, we will put a link. Photos: Niels Maljaars