Lisbon will have two new tunnels by 2019 to combat flooding – Digital Journal

The Council of Lisbon today announced it will build up to 2019 tunnels between Santa Apolonia and Monsanto and between Chelas and Blessed to combat flooding in the city, an investment EUR 170 million.
 
 
 

In presenting the Drainage Master Plan of Lisbon from 2016 to 2030, the president of the municipality, Fernando Medina (PS), rated this as the “most important and structuring project in decades for the future of the city of Lisbon, “which aims to” combat the floods in the city of Lisbon and combat the consequences of the floods and floods in the lives of families and companies “that operate here.

Of the planned infrastructure for a period of 15 years, the greater the tunnel between Santa Apolonia, Santa Marta and Monsanto, with a diameter of five meters and a length of five kilometers.

This tunnel will deviar the gully of storm flow of Alcantara and flow rates the basins of the avenues of Liberty, Duke of Loulé and Almirante Reis, preventing floods in Pombal low.

It is thus a “major barrier [...], which deviates from the lower part of the city ​​an important part of the water flows that are responsible for the most severe floods, “said Fernando Medina.

In the previous drainage plan, approved by the House in 2008, planned a tunnel between Santa Apolonia and the Martim Moniz.

The other tunnel will link to Blessed chelas and will have an extension of one thousand meters. In addition, collectors disconnection works will be carried out at the lower end of Xabregas.

will also be made a reinforcement collector between the boulevards of Berlin and Infante D. Henrique, with a diameter of 2.5 meters.

According to the Council of Lisbon, the works in the tunnels will start in mid 2016 and is completed in late 2019.

Already strengthening collector will start to be built in early 2017 and should be ready in mid-2018

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