TARTU, Estonia — The floodwaters drowning the streets and basements in Tartu’s riverside Supilinn borough are receding but not the costs of the cleanup.
The Tartu municipal government announced Tuesday that the closed streets will soon be open for traffic, but the flood left behind costs worth of 500,000 krooni (€31,955) for the municipality.
Rein Haak, director of city’s economy department, said that [private_supervisor]amount covered the production and placing of 600 sand bags, re-pumping the water, laying gravel and cleaning up. The total cost is not finalized, though.
“There will be other additional costs because the high water may have damaged the shore ramps and lifted the riverside communications out of place,” Haak told the press.
Five streets must remain closed as they received too much damage from the water to be safe for cars. A project to build sluices in the Supilinn’s ditch has been arranged at a cost of 100,000 krooni (€6,391).
The flooding after this winter’s record snowfall lifted the water level over 3 m in Tartu in April and the water went over the riverbanks of the Emajõgi River. The municipal government piled up hundreds of sandbags and re-pumped the water to block the riverwater from breaching Supilinn buildings. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]amount covered the production and placing of 600 sand bags, re-pumping the water, laying gravel and cleaning up. The total cost is not finalized, though.
“There will be other additional costs because the high water may have damaged the shore ramps and lifted the riverside communications out of place,” Haak told the press.
Five streets must remain closed as they received too much damage from the water to be safe for cars. A project to build sluices in the Supilinn’s ditch has been arranged at a cost of 100,000 krooni (€6,391).
The flooding after this winter’s record snowfall lifted the water level over 3 m in Tartu in April and the water went over the riverbanks of the Emajõgi River. The municipal government piled up hundreds of sandbags and re-pumped the water to block the riverwater from breaching Supilinn buildings. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]amount covered the production and placing of 600 sand bags, re-pumping the water, laying gravel and cleaning up. The total cost is not finalized, though.
“There will be other additional costs because the high water may have damaged the shore ramps and lifted the riverside communications out of place,” Haak told the press.
Five streets must remain closed as they received too much damage from the water to be safe for cars. A project to build sluices in the Supilinn’s ditch has been arranged at a cost of 100,000 krooni (€6,391).
The flooding after this winter’s record snowfall lifted the water level over 3 m in Tartu in April and the water went over the riverbanks of the Emajõgi River. The municipal government piled up hundreds of sandbags and re-pumped the water to block the riverwater from breaching Supilinn buildings. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]amount covered the production and placing of 600 sand bags, re-pumping the water, laying gravel and cleaning up. The total cost is not finalized, though.
“There will be other additional costs because the high water may have damaged the shore ramps and lifted the riverside communications out of place,” Haak told the press.
Five streets must remain closed as they received too much damage from the water to be safe for cars. A project to build sluices in the Supilinn’s ditch has been arranged at a cost of 100,000 krooni (€6,391).
The flooding after this winter’s record snowfall lifted the water level over 3 m in Tartu in April and the water went over the riverbanks of the Emajõgi River. The municipal government piled up hundreds of sandbags and re-pumped the water to block the riverwater from breaching Supilinn buildings. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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