Slush flow mitigation Vannledningsdalen
Longyearbyen / Norway
Project characteristics
Slush flows from Vannledningsdalen valley in Longyearbyen Svalbard have been a threat to the residential area below Sukkertoppen mountain for many years. To reduce definitively the risk of slush flow for the residents, the municipality of Haugen decided to implement modified debris-flow nets.
- Load Slush flow
- construction type 14 modified flexible debris flow barriers consecutive along the channel (Geobrugg AG)
- dimensions Barrier height: 2-7m and span: 20-35m
- construction time 8 months, spread over 2 years
- Contractor LNS Spitzbergen, DS Entreprenør AS
- project author NVE / HNIT / Skred AS / Geobrugg AG
- Public release ISSW24: https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/3252
Video NVE: NVE Schutzverbauung in Longyearbyen
