-Published: Wednesday, November 20, 2019-
$3 plus million levee to be built in Limón next year
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Board of Directors of the National Emergency Commission announced the construction of a levee valued at $3.96 million in the districts of Siquirres and Reventazón in the Province of Limón.
According to the commission, the construction of a levee on the bank of the Reventazón River will prevent flooding in the rainy season to 5,000 people in the Siquirres community.
Also, the levee will avoid flooding in the communities of Matina, Guácimo, and Pococí in the province of Limón.
The authorities expect to start the construction of the levee in March 2020.
According to Alexander Solís, president of the commission, the levee will have a length of approximately 15.755 kilometers and protect 10,500 hectares in the district of Siquirres.
Also, a 175-meter water spillway will be built to carry away excess water in certain areas, allowing excessive water level drain into a canal and avoid floods.
According to the authorities, this project of the new levee is one of the six works suggested to prevent floods and landslides in the communities of Siquirres, Matina, Guácimo and Pococí, similar to those that happened in the province of Limón in June 2015.
Related to recent investments in infrastructure in in rural zones, the Ministry of Public Works announced the beginning of work on a new bridge between the communities of General Viejo and San Isidro de El General in the southern zone of the country.
According to the ministry, construction will begin on this month. The bridge was destroyed during the passage of Tropical Storm Nate in October 2017. The storm caused 14 deaths here and later grew to be a hurricane before hitting the United States.
Rodolfo Méndez-Mata, public works minister, said the cost of construction is $6.2 million financed with funds from the National Emergency Commission.
The bridge over the General Viejo River is expected to be open by November 2120. The structure will be made of 27 galvanized steel modules, each 4.5 meters long. Above them, a concrete slab 8 meters wide will be placed.
The bridge will have two lanes 3.68 meters wide and the asphalt binder on the concrete slab will be 5 centimeters thick. It will also have a sidewalk 1.5 meters wide with pedestrian railings and steel floors.
The structure will have reinforced concrete bastions type wall, 12 meters high by 8.8 meters wide and 8.8 meters high by 8.8 meters wide, respectively, due to the unevenness between each end of the riverbed.
According to the authorities, the bridge is planned for a useful life of 50 years.
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