Media reports on Wednesday claimed that Bezos would pay for the city to dismantle the middle section of its historic bridge for the billionaire's superyacht.
Aboutaleb insisted that he must first "know" the facts of the issue even though the AFP reported that his spokesman had stressed the project would need to move ahead as the Nieuwe Maas is "the only route to the sea" from Oceanco.
Jeff Bezos' superyacht in the Oceanco shipyard. The $485 million vessel will have a height over 130 feet.KIM KARDASHIAN, PETE DAVIDSON HAVE DINNER AT JEFF BEZOS' LA MANSION But the project would prove incredibly unpopular: The bridge dates from 1878 and was rebuilt after the Nazis bombed it in 1940 during World War II. The local council completed a major repair on the bridge in 2017 and promised not to dismantle the bridge again.
Jeff Bezos' superyacht in the Oceanco shipyard. The $485 million vessel will have a height over 130 feet. Aboutaleb claimed that the "fuss" about the issue was exaggerated by the media, but a Facebook campaign to organize an egging of Y721 as it sails down the river has gathered hundreds of supporters,
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