In Taurage – an enormous landslide: Meilės alley is collapsing

Tauragė district mayor Dovydas Kaminskas warned Tauragė residents on his Fb account that the state of affairs following the second landslide was severe. This time the slope slid down close to the “Versmė” gymnasium.

“The state of affairs may be very severe, a big a part of the slope with long-standing bushes collapsed, and the landslide even affected the mattress of the Jūra river.

The higher a part of the trail is closed, the decrease half is impassable.

Taurage district municipality photograph/Landslide in Taurage

The emergency state of affairs fee is assembly tomorrow, the place we are going to resolve what actions we are able to take. One factor is evident, you’ll be able to’t battle nature that simply,” writes the mayor.

He asks the individuals of Tauragiški to watch out, as a result of the state of affairs poses a hazard to all of the curious spectators close by.

“Tauragės Kurjeris” broadcasts that on Thursday morning, the individuals of Tauragės observed the third slope that had slipped. The newest landslide may be very near the primary one, which the contractors employed by the Tauragė district municipality tried to handle. You’ll be able to see a tree that has crawled into the Sea River.

On the website of yesterday’s landslide, it may be seen that the state of affairs has worsened. The cobblestones of the Love Alley path, the concrete fortifications slide down with all of the soil. The trail is gone.

Emergency conditions won’t be introduced but

As Vice Mayor Donatas Dirginčius advised BNS, the municipality’s emergency state of affairs fee decided to dig up the higher layer of the observe, the place a landslide had beforehand opened. In line with him, they need to discover out if there’s a rainwater pipe, which isn’t marked within the drawings out there to the municipality. These works will begin on Thursday.

“If a lot of the blame is on that pipe, then we’ll repair it as a result of it is in all probability cracked.” Close by we see such an previous concrete engineering construction the place rainwater collected”, mentioned D. Dirginčius.

When that massive layer of soil got here off, the observe above was simply dangling. That observe broke immediately.

In line with him, the decrease a part of the slope is now flooded with river water and the higher half is fenced off.

“When that massive layer of earth got here off, the observe on high was simply dangling. At present, that observe broke,” mentioned the vice mayor.

In line with him, nevertheless, the fee determined to not declare an emergency state of affairs but. There’s a residential constructing close to the landslide, however it isn’t in peril. In line with D. Dirginčius, the adjoining farm constructing might also be in peril.

“There’s a farm constructing and a fence close by. The fence will not be broken but. Specialists will go immediately to tell residents, if crucial, the fireplace emergency service will assist transfer issues out of the farm constructing,” mentioned D. Dirginčius.

In line with him, the municipality can even order an examination of the observe on the high of the slope.

“It was constructed ten years in the past and we are going to discover out if it had an affect on this landslide,” mentioned D. Dirginčius.

In line with the vice mayor, different doable causes of the landslide had been additionally mentioned on the fee’s assembly with geologists.

“There are unstable layers, (…) sand, clay beneath.” Prevailing climate situations, frost popping out, excessive quantity of precipitation, that is why it is sliding”, defined D. Dirginčius.

In line with him, an examination of the slope has been ordered, and the conclusions ought to be introduced on February 19.

“With the assistance of that research, you’ll be able to rent designers, discover contractors and handle the slope,” mentioned the vice mayor.

D. Kaminskas advised BNS on Wednesday that the landslide might have occurred because of the reconstruction of the slope carried out regarding eight years in the past, throughout which the beforehand made drainage might have been broken.

In line with the mayor, 5 years in the past the slope already collapsed, solely in a special place. Then, in keeping with D. Kaminsko, the municipality spent regarding 400 thousand. euros for analysis and consolidation works.