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A protective stand will be built on the Elbe in the area of the lower roadway of the Pardubice lock. The construction will allow for a combination of waiting and protective berthing even for large vessels that will start using the waterway after it is connected by a new level at Prelouc to the navigable Elbe. In this way the safe unmooring of vessels will be guaranteed in the event of interruption of navigation increased water conditions but also during standard waiting to pass through the navigation chamber. The new shelter will improve the operating conditions for vessels on this section of the Elbe.
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View gallery (2) The project is part of the system of protective berths built along the entire course of the Elbe. Protective berths were built in Hrensko and Lovosice in recent years and in the near future they will also be implemented in Klavary and Kostomlatky in addition to Pardubice. The Pardubice protective berth will be another important element for increasing the safety of navigation on the Elbe. It will provide ships with the assurance of a safe berth in situations where it is not possible to continue sailing and at the same time will improve operating conditions in the lock area says Lubomir Fojtu director of the Directorate of Waterways of the Czech Republic. Currently there is no protective harbor in Pardubice and the local ship Arnost z Pardubice and other vessels must be secured during floods with the help of complex measures.
The project is being implemented at the site of the existing waiting area on the right bank of the Elbe and includes the construction of a new protective area consisting of a system of steel beams an access footbridge and new navigational markings. The protective berth will be multi-purpose and during normal operation will continue to function as a waiting berth for passage through the lock. Part of the construction is the removal of part of the original structures that are in conflict with the new solution.
Before starting work in the field technical and organizational preparation will take place including the establishment of the construction site. We plan to start the dismantling of the original structures at the end of April. At the same time the production and assembly of the new steel structures of the dams will take place in the workshops explains Jindrich Tautrman executive director of STRABAG Water s.r.o. which is part of the construction contractors association. He adds: In the course of June and July the foundation structures of the piers the shore block the installation of steel piers and access bridges as well as navigational markings will be implemented. The commissioning of the work is planned for September 2026.
The implementation of the construction will take place from a work platform built with the help of an underwater bulldozer the implementation of which is planned for the period from the beginning to the end of May. A temporary restriction of navigation traffic may occur in the affected section especially during the construction of the working platform and subsequently during its dismantling exclusively in accordance with the instructions of the State Navigation Administration and after prior communication with the ship Arnost z Pardubice including taking into account its timetable. These restrictions will only be very short-term usually on the order of a few hours and the organization of the works will be set up so that local shipping can pass through the lock. In the other phases of construction restrictions on navigation are not expected. At the same time the construction will respect the movement of pedestrians and cyclists on the shore the restriction of which will be minimal with regard to safety and only for the necessary time.
The construction of a protective stand in Pardubice is another step towards systematically increasing the safety and operational reliability of the Elbe waterway.
