Urgent jobs
Close the burrows dug in the banks by wild animals to increase the safety of bank defences, inhabited centers and infrastructures in the area between the Riglio and Chiavenna streams, in the Piacenza area. This is the objective of the highly urgent works that began a few days ago in the municipalities of Caorso and Cortemaggiore, in a section subject to flood service surveillance.
Maintenance action
“These interventions are an expression of the commitment made by the Region for the real care of the territory, in terms of prevention - says Irene Priolo, vice president with responsibility for soil defense and civil protection -. The emergencies experienced even in the recent past indicate how important an accurate maintenance action is, precisely because of the well-known presence of burrowing specimens, including coypu, porcupines and badgers”.
The defense of the levees
Among the planned works, a selective cutting of the vegetation will be carried out in order to precisely identify the presence of burrows. Subsequently, work will be done to recover the embankment shape and, where necessary, to defend the embankments themselves. The works, shared with the Province, are carried out by the Piacenza Office of the Regional Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection (source: Emilia Romagna Region).