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backRiverbank revetment, Lemwerder; River Weser, kilometres 11,700 to 17,012 (Germany)
Bremen Water and Shipping Authority renewed is currently renewing the riverbank revetment between Lemwerder and the Hasenbüren marina. The fifty-year-old asphalted revetment is being replaced by loose riprap; the aim of the construction project is to preserve the river as a waterway for traffic on the river, and also to secure the dyke protecting the land.
In detail...
- Revetment installation on a 4 km river section
- Reinforcement of the dyke embankment for 2.5 km
- Site area: 54,600 m²
Riverbank revetment, Lemwerder; River Weser
Facts:
| Owner: | Bremen Water and Shipping Authority |
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| Customer: | Thieling-Bau-GmbH, Stadland |
| Construction time: | 2004 until probably 2017 |
| Construction cost: | Around €15 million |
| Sub contractor: | Heuvelman Ibis GmbH, Leer & Mibau Baustoffhandel GmbH, Cadenberge |
| Delivery quantity: | Around 95,000 tonnes of riprap and 80,000 tonnes of grain filter |
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| Source: | Jelsa and Kragerö |
| Logistics | Chartered dredgers |
| Terminals | Louis-Krages-Straße via Bremen industrial harbour |
| Purpose of use: | Bank reinforcement on the Weser |
