Magdeburg blocks Elbe banking promenade: Danger from dilapidated bank wall!

Magdeburg blocks Elbe banking promenade: Danger from dilapidated bank wall!

Magdeburg, Deutschland - In Magdeburg, the banks of the Elbe remains closed to cyclists and pedestrians. A section south of the power bridge has significant damage to the bank wall, which left the person responsible no other choice than to act as a precaution. As mz.de were discovered, the biggest measurement four meters in the width and six meters in height. In addition, there are numerous loose masonry joints that affect the building, and the need for action is urgent.

The blocked section affects several hundred meters of the popular foot and cycle path below the cathedral, which is an important traffic artery. Despite the warnings, many road users ignore the closure and continue to use the endangered route. In order to counteract this trend, the city plans to rewrite detours for pedestrians and cyclists promptly. From July 14th, horizontal core drilling from the water side will also begin to check the stability of the bank wall.

special occurrences on the Elbe

The region is currently under the influence of extremely low water level in the Elbe, which is not only concerned with the bank wall. According to rp-online.de were recently discovered in five different places in Saxony-Anhalt. and mines. This year there were already 21 finds in Saxony-Anhalt, and the remnant of the ammunition-many of them on the Elbe beaches-still have a considerable danger.

Walkers are often the discoverers of these treasures from the past, but looking for explosive bodies itself is a forbidden and dangerous matter. The authorities urge that ammunition relics can also be a serious threat to decades after they sink in the water.

The ammunition mountain performance in the focus

war ammunition is not only an issue on rivers like the Elbe, but also on the German seas. It is estimated that there are around 1.6 million tons of war ammunition in the North and Baltic Sea, as reported. The Federal Republic has provided 100 million euros for a pilot project to rescue this ammunition, whereby the actual costs could be much higher.

The risks are clear: direct contact with ammunition can be harmful to health, and the decomposition of the envelope materials can get carcinogenic substances into the water. In the long term it is feared that the marine dwellers near ammunition deposits are also at risk. While the consumption of fish from these areas is currently considered harmless, the long -term consequences should not be underestimated.

FAZIT: Whether in Magdeburg or further outside at sea - the topics of ammunition finds and construction work on our waters remain present. Awareness of security and the environment remains crucial in order to keep both the development of the infrastructure and the dangers of the past in balance.