Protection from pollution and flooding
In the United Kingdom, the Thames Tideway Tunnel East project in London reached a new milestone with the completion of the underground civil engineering. This sewer system will store and transfer wastewater and stormwater to prevent it from flowing into the river during heavy rain, and contribute to improving the quality of the Thames’ water. VINCI Construction is also building other structures to protect cities from flooding, such as the Springbank reservoir west of Calgary in Canada (shown above), to divert a portion of the Elbow river during peak volume events, and the 10 million cu. metre embanked reservoir at La Bassée, in France, which will fulfil a similar role on the Seine upstream from Paris.