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The Netherlands has a two-tier system of managing navigable waterways. The major freight waterways (1686km) are managed nationally by the Rijkswaterstaat (www.rijkswaterstaat.nl), a directorate in the Ministerie Verkeer en Waterstaat (www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl). The Rijkswaterstaat operates through 10 regions. It also looks after water management (flood prevention) and the national trunk road network. The annual report and abbreviated accounts are available on the website in English but these accounts do not separate out expenditure on navigable waterways. 95% of its income of over 2 billion Euros comes from the Ministerie. Capital projects are funded direct by the Ministerie and don't appear on the Rijkswaterstaat income and expenditure account.
Other waterways of regional importance are managed by provincial Governments (e.g. Friesland) or by municipalities (e.g. the waterways of Amsterdam). Each province has its own website but most are only in Dutch.
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