Lisbon will have two new tunnels by 2019 to combat flooding – Daily News – Lisbon

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 of 170 million euros.

In presenting the Drainage Master Plan of Lisbon 2016-2030, the president of the municipality, Fernando Medina (PS), rated this as the “most important and structuring project in decades for the future of Lisbon”, which aims to “combat floods in Lisbon and combat the consequences of the floods and floods in the lives of families and enterprises “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 divert the rainwater gully flow of Alcantara and flow rates of the basins of the avenues of Liberty, Duque de Loulé and Almirante Reis, preventing floods in Pombal low.

It is thus a “major barrier [...], which deviates from the down town area an important part of the flow water which are responsible for the most severe floods, “said Fernando Medina.