Bridges are built for him, including historical ones: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (58). The city of Rotterdam has decided to temporarily dismantle a historic bridge. Because: “It’s the only way to the sea,” said a spokesman for the mayor of Rotterdam of the AFP news agency on Wednesday.
For 430 million francs: Jeff Bezos has a mega yacht built(01:20)
And who pays that? The US billionaire has promised to bear the costs. The 58-year-old had commissioned a shipyard in Alblasserdam in the Netherlands to build his 430 million euro three-master. A super yacht. However, it is too big.
Bridge rebuilt after World War II
The gigantic sailing yacht does not fit under the Rotterdam Koningshaven Bridge. The bridge was built in 1878 and rebuilt in 1940 after German bombing during World War II.
The shipyard has now applied to the Rotterdam City Council to remove the middle section of the steel-clad bridge in order to be able to deliver Bezo’s yacht.
City once promised never to dismantle bridge
However, the project has met with irritation from some Dutch people, as the city authorities promised that the bridge would never be dismantled after a major renovation in 2017.
The city government promised to rebuild the bridge in its current form. She also referred to the economic benefit and the jobs created by the construction of the three-master. (SDA/euc)