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Flood relief project at Esch-sur-Sûre
PHILIPPE LAZARO1 & GUY TOUSSIN2
1 Lombardi Engineering Ltd, Via R. Simen 19, CH-6648 Minusio, Switzerland
2 Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Ministère des Travaux Publics, Administration des Ponts et Chaussées, Division des Ouvrages d'Art, 43 Bv. G.-D. Charlotte, 1331 Luxembourg
Abstract Following extensive flooding at Esch-sur-Sûre (Luxembourg) in 1993 and 1995, the Administration des Ponts et Chaussées appointed Lombardi Engineering Ltd (Switzerland) to carry out the prefeasibility and feasibility studies for a flood relief tunnel at Esch-sur-Sûre and a new spillway for the dam located on the River Sûre, 1.2 km upstream of the town. The 142 m long flood relief tunnel will cut a 900 m long meander of the River Sûre in order to protect the town from further damage due to floods, up to a maximum return period of 50 years. The construction of a new spillway on the left bank of the Esch-sur-Sûre dam with a discharge capacity of 400 m3/s will increase the dam safety in case of floods.
Key words flood relief tunnel; flood risk management