Stabilization of excavation slopes between km 0+000 and km 2+000 of the EN337, in the municipality of Vouzela
Stabilization of excavation slopes between km 0+000 and km 2+000 of the EN337, in the municipality of Vouzela
With this paper it is intended to present a case study referring to the cut slopes that occur between the kilometric points 0+000 and 2+000 of the EN337 national road, whose stabilization is within the scope of the intervention foreseen for the infrastructures and municipal equipment which were affected by the great fire that occurred in Portugal’s Centre region. This fire, which broke out in June 2017, affected around 75% of the area in the municipality of Vouzela, having burned around 85% of the forest area, causing 8 deaths, losses of more than 8 million euros in agriculture and 4,75 million euros in infrastructure and municipal equipment. The occurrence and characteristics of this type of fire was aggravated by the extreme phenomena (fire) associated with climate change. It is assumed that the elimination of the vegetation area had the immediate consequence of aggravating the phenomena of the local geological formations (fracturing), thus increasing the risk of rock falls onto the road.
F. Paulino; E. Fernandes; A. Dinis
18th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE2024)
B - Geohazards
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