Renovation of the Danube lock Kachlet about to be implemented

First of two chambers of the Kachlet lock on the Danube near Passau to be drained from 11 June 2012
 
These days renovation starts for the Kachlet lock, which was built 90 years ago upstream the Danube of Passau. After the first turn of the sod in autumn 2011 and preparations the first of the two chambers – each of them is 227 metres long, 24 metres wide and has a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters of water – will be drained from 11 June. The project will be implemented during the next six years. The budget amounts to EUR 86 million.
 
The remediation of the Kachlet barrage will be carried out in two stages: Until mid 2013 the middle walls will be renovated; until the end of 2017 the main parts of both locks, the external walls and locks will follow, as the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV) and the Regensburger Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt inform in a press release.
 
Until autumn 2012 a study conducted on behalf of the European Union shall show how the bottleneck between Straubing and Vilshofen can be expanded. There is no other segment of the Danube, where as much vessels run aground. Fully loaded vessels can only pass this segment 165 days per year. However, the European Union claims that vessels can navigate on the Danube possibly throughout the year without any limitations.

Quelle: LogEastics

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