Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is having a custom superyacht built in the Netherlands, and a historic bridge in the port city of Rotterdam is set to be dismantled to allow the massive ship to take to the sea.

Bezos’ superyacht, being a cost of $485 million by Dutch shipbuilders Oceanco near Rotterdam, is too big for the Koningshaven Bridge in the city, and city officials told AFP that they were willing to temporarily dismantle the bridge on the condition that Bezos handle the costs.

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The Koningshaven Bridge, known to locals as De Hef, was first built in 1927, was badly damaged in 1940 after being bombed by the Nazis during World War II. The bridge has since been dismantled and renovated several times, but never at the whim of a billionaire.

The bridge is expected to be dismantled over the course of a weeks in summer 2022 to let Bezos’ superyacht out into the sea. It is understood that Oceanco, which has a ship yard in Alblasserdam near Rotterdam, will handle the dismantling of the bridge, while Bezos will foot the bill.

Marcel Walraves, the local council’s point of contact for the project, told the NL Times, “This mainly concerns the passage of a ship with high masts through De Hef. At the Koningenne Bridge, we can press a button, and it opens. That’s not possible here because De Hef has a maximum height. The only alternative is to take out the middle part,” shedding some light on the plans.

“It’s the only route to the sea,” a spokesperson for the mayor of Rotterdam told the AFP, clarifying why the bridge would be dismantled to let the billionaire through.

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However, the extraordinary steps being taken to accommodate Bezos has angered many in both Rotterdam and the Netherlands at large, especially because the local council had promised to never dismantle the bridge after major renovations took place in 2017. While the local government has said that the project will create several temporary jobs, people are not impressed.

“Employment is important, but there are limits to what you can and may do to our heritage,” said Ton Wesselink, a member of the Rotterdam Historical Society, reflecting the sentiments of many.