The CHS begins emergency work to rebuild the collapsed overland channel in Pulpí.

The Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS) has begun emergency work to rebuild the damaged embankment and channel between kilometer point 33+150 of the Right Bank Canal, in the municipal term of Pulpí (Almería). The budget is 1.7 million euros financed with own funds of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation. The stretch suffered a serious collapse that caused the complete rupture of the concrete panels and the subsidence of the service road, leaving the infrastructure out of operation. The intervention has been declared an emergency, given the risk posed by the instability of the ground and the need to restore the transport of flows as soon as possible, which serve both supply and irrigation demands. The actions, which aim to recover the functional recovery of the damaged areas, include the demolition of the damaged elements, the dismantling of the unstable embankment, the construction of a new containment system with gabions and drainage, the complete embankment, and the ...