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In Braslovce, today, in the presence of the Minister of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Joze Novak, they signed a contract to ensure flood safety of urbanized areas from Locica ob Savinji to Letus. The value of the investment is estimated at EUR 25 million and will be fully financed by the European Union Reser Recovery and Resistance Plan (NOO).Mayor Polzele Kuznik, Mayor Braslovc Zohar, Minister of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning Novak, v.d. Director of the Water Directorate Hocevar and Director level Eco Senic at the signing of the contract | Author: Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning
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The signing of the contract between the acting director of the Republic of Slovenia Urska Hocevar and the director of the company Nevo Eko Klemen Senic was attended by the Mayor of Braslovce, Tomaz Zohar and the Mayor of Polzela Joze Kuznik.
Both municipalities were severely affected in the catastrophic floods in 2023. Much damage has been affected by the floods decades before, especially in 2012, 2008 and 1990. With the project DPN Locica Letus - Arrangement of the Savinja River for the ensuring flood safety of urbanized areas from Locica ob Savinji to Letus, the implementation of measures will ensure a reduction in flood risk in the areas of great influence.
At the time of signing the contract, Minister Novak announced the rehabilitation period of the regulation of watercourses - permanent solutions implemented in a sustainable manner and resistant to climate change. This is the third project on the Savinja River. Individual projects are an integral part of the final solutions. We are deep in the story of EUR 450 million for the entire Savinja Regulation over the next five years. The projects are created in close cooperation with the municipalities, with the mayors informing us about the development of works in the field, he emphasized, thanking the designers, associates of the Directorate for Water and Municipal Services.
As part of the comprehensive project, the implementation of key water management and accompanying arrangements is planned. Project documentation for obtaining opinions and building permits for new embankments and walls and facilities for the regulation of flow, as well as the implementation plan for all measures in the Savinja riverbed are drawn up.
As part of the project, more high -water embankments and walls will be built in the length of eight kilometers, a number of sections will be widespread riverbeds, banks will be arranged, the transformation and activation of gravel will be carried out, the sills to slow down the speed of the river and to protect the foundations of bridges. Additional spill surfaces will also be established. The accompanying arrangements include the arrangement of certain road sections and the arrangement of municipal lines.
This project is the result of hard work, planning and cooperation of many stakeholders - from experts, municipal and state institutions to European partners who have enabled financing. The project is based on professional and sustainable solutions that will be sustainable in the long run and resistant to climate change. I am convinced that with a professional approach and effective cooperation, we will ensure a successful implementation of the project, which will provide residents with better conditions for the life and development of the local environment, said Urska Hocevar, Acting Director of the Directorate for Water.
The value of the investment is EUR 25 million, which includes all costs (construction work, control, land purchase, tax, ..), of which the value of construction works (the value of the contract signed today) is EUR 17.3 million. The project is part of the Slovenian NOO, fully funded by the European Union.
Municipalities are actively involved in the implementation of rehabilitation and investment. The mayor of Braslovc and Polzele emphasized that for the inhabitants of the two municipalities living along the Savinja River, this project is of invaluable importance, since its realization represents a more peaceful and quality life for people, and above all, a much more safe life.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning and the Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia and the Water Directorate with watercourses are actively pursuing flood rehabilitation and increasing resistance to climate change, as extreme weather phenomena are increasing. Therefore, a holistic approach to regulating watercourses is crucial. Watercourses do not know municipal or state borders. The water is restored to the space, we tend to sustainable watercourses and plan measures that do not damage the bypass habitats.
