Temporary protection of animal burrows with road plates

Name: HZ University of Applied Sciences
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Year of publication 2026
Author(s)
Vana Tsimopoulou André Koelewijn
Research center(s)
Assetmanagement

Summary

Infosheet. When high water is expected, levee managers need to make sure that there are no weak spots on the levee that can compromise its structural integrity. Animal burrows on a section can constitute weak spots that have to be urgently repaired in anticipation of high water. Within the context of overflow experiments, a temporary protection with road plates was installed on a section where mole burrows had been previously detected, and where the presence of an extensive subsurface system of mole tunnels had been verified. The set-up was subsequently tested against overflow.

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Infosheet road plates_V.Tsimopoulou