2. Waterway design

2.1 Design principles

Like any large-scale project, a waterway project must be designed using a cross-disciplinary approach:

• logistical optimization of navigation ;

• quality approach ;

• safety approach ;

• operation and maintenance optimization approach ;

• eco-design, environment and sustainable development ;

• integration into the territory.

These last two approaches are particularly important in a waterway project, because of its link with the aquatic environment, its impact on the landscape and its significant role in regional development....