This complex flood control system lasted eleven years and was completed in 2019. Then set the cost at 57 million euros.
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In Grima, Saxony, a complex flood protection system was severely damaged by previously unknown perpetrators. According to the mayor, if a flood occurs, the city will now be “completely defensive.”
DThe flood control system in Grima, Saxony, was severely damaged by unknown perpetrators. As the city government announced on Monday, a larger floodgate was affected. The iron required for the operation has been bent. Now the door cannot be closed anymore.
Because the strength of each chain depends on its weakest link, the entire system cannot function properly, Greenmar Mayor Matthias Berg (non-partisan) explained.Will come one floodThe city will be “completely defensive.”
This complex flood control system lasted eleven years and was completed in 2019. Then set the cost at 57 million euros.
78 gates of various sizes are built in a two-kilometer-long protective structure that can be closed within two hours. With the wall, Grimma in the Leipzig area should be able to withstand the 2013 floods.
