Slope stabilization completed at Encosta das Quebradas
2021-04-15
The stabilization works of the embankment located in Encosta das Quebradas, in the municipality of Santarém, between 72.2 and 72.3 km of the Northern Line, were completed.
The intervention, with an investment of 190.000 euros, aimed to ensure the reinforcement of the safety and security conditions of the Northern Line, through the correction of specific stability phenomena identified on the hillside with the following works:
- Deforestation, cleaning and excavation of the intervention area;
- Construction of new drainage elements and Rehabilitation of existing ditches;
- Execution of reinforced concrete walls and nailing;
- Placement of rockfills;
- Execution of the upper path.
afaplan was the company responsible for the Health, Safety and Management, Supervision and Coordination services for this intervention.