The MAGETEAUX project intends to limit flooding in the cross-border area of the polders by improving drainage during floods. To achieve this, it is necessary to temporarily allow the evacuation of the waters from the Nieuwpoort to Dunkirk/Furnes Canal channel, both towards France and towards Belgium. Two new structures will be built for this purpose. An emergency pumping station on the “Speievaart” will make it possible to pump a part of the water from Moëres towards the Furnes Canal. A floodgate between the Furnes Canal and the Exutoire Canal on the site of the 4 Locks at Dunkirk will ensure an additional evacuation of the Furnes Canal towards the sea at Dunkirk. In parallel with this work, residents and stakeholders in the Franco-Flemish territory will be made aware of the risk of flooding, the foreseeable consequences of climate change and the need for a common approach to deal with this problem.