Projects
Surfacing of municipal roads in flood-prone areas
Country
: Czech Republic
Location
: Tynec
Year
: 2014
Product
: RoadCem
The town of Tynec is regularly subjected to heavy rain and flooding. Tynec's landscape is mountainous, so periods of heavy rainfall result in a huge volume of water flowing down from the hills into the river beds in the valley. The geographical and meteorological characteristics of the region cause a great deal of damage to the existing infrastructure. This is due to erosion and leaching from the quickly receding water as well as the saturation and consequent weakening of the subsoil in the valley.
In 2012, UNESCO conducted a study focusing on the successful construction of RoadCem road surfaces in Tabasco. This study showed that road authorities can realise significant macroeconomic benefits. This is mainly due to RoadCem stabilisation being water-impermeable and sufficiently strong and flexible to cope with flooding. The road surfaces reinforced with RoadCem stabilisation can therefore be regarded as floodproof infrastructure. The Czech Republic has a challenging climate. However, despite the cold winters and the corresponding thermal stress that the surfacing is subjected to, no cracks have appeared.
RoadCem stabilisation was ordered for this EU-financed project due to its economic benefits, the reduced construction time and the substantiating evidence from both the UNESCO study and the successful projects conducted in the Czech Republic.
It didn’t take long for the freshly applied RoadCem stabilisation to prove its worth: within 24 hours, the streets had been submerged by a heavy downpour. Despite this, the road remained open and accessible to traffic.
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