{"id":8287,"date":"2023-08-28T09:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T07:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/public-information-on-phase-1-of-the-improvement-of-flood-resilience-in-the-osera-fuentes-de-ebro-section-zaragoza\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:16:22","slug":"public-information-on-phase-1-of-the-improvement-of-flood-resilience-in-the-osera-fuentes-de-ebro-section-zaragoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/public-information-on-phase-1-of-the-improvement-of-flood-resilience-in-the-osera-fuentes-de-ebro-section-zaragoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Public information on Phase 1 of the improvement of flood resilience in the Osera-Fuentes de Ebro section (Zaragoza)."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8287\" class=\"elementor elementor-8287 elementor-7936\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1d953c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1d953c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90a2fa8\" data-id=\"90a2fa8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7ad91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c7ad91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Third Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has authorized the Public Information of the project &#8220;Improving flood resilience in the Ebro River, as it passes through Osera de Ebro and Fuentes de Ebro, in Zaragoza. Phase 1&#8221;, integrated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8AVa-rvPO0&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what is called Zone 2 of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the next 20 working days, observations, comments or allegations may be submitted regarding the planned actions. It is important to highlight that in the scope of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project, from the definition phase of the actions, stakeholders and local population have been integrated through stable participation channels.<\/p>\n<p>These are forums in which proposals and contributions are continuously presented and discussed, and all participants are kept informed of progress. In the case of this section, through three groups called co-creation and which is formed by technicians, farmers, members of associations, environmental educators, ecologists, etc.,<\/p>\n<p><strong>This first phase, with a budget of 2,946,338.68<\/strong> <strong>\u20ac<\/strong><strong>, consists of a morphological adaptation of the Ebro river<\/strong> in two places, the mejana del Conde and the meander of Aguilar. The objectives are, in general, to reduce the effects of flooding and to improve the ecological condition of the riverbed. In order to achieve these objectives, the following interventions have been planned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Narrowing of the river channel will be eliminated, recovering its drainage capacity during floods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deterioration<\/strong> will be prevented and the state of the aquatic, terrestrial and wetland ecosystems present and potentially existing will be improved, <strong>recovering 14 hectares of land as river space<\/strong>, which will subsequently be environmentally restored in subsequent actions of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project, and eliminating exotic plant species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96a2ac8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96a2ac8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75887dd\" data-id=\"75887dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad2ba24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad2ba24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Interventions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to reduce the narrowing and recover river space, the main actions consist of recessing the defenses, moving them away from the riverbed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Removal of a<\/strong> 1,020 m long section of the current defense dike in mejana del Conde and <strong>construction of a new section of recessed defense<\/strong> for a length of 998 meters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Removal of a section of the current defense dike in the Aguilar meander<\/strong> for a length of 2,035 meters and <strong>construction of a new section of recessed defense in this meander<\/strong> for a length of 1,665 meters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The material from the recessed defenses will be used in the construction of the new levees.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, environmental adaptation will be carried out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>land will be conditioned<\/strong> over an area of approximately 3 hectares in the mejana del Conde and 12 hectares in the meander of Aguilar, to facilitate the environmental restoration of the recovered fluvial space and the reconnection of the river with the adjacent woodland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The riparian vegetation will be recovered,<\/strong> with the elimination of 1.3 hectares of common reed (<em>Arundo donax)<\/em>, the main invasive exotic species in the area, in addition to the invasive exotic trees, such as American maple<em>(Acer negundo)<\/em>, and allochthonous trees such as mulberry<em>(Morus alba)<\/em>, three-thorn acacia (<em>Gleditsia triacanthos)<\/em> and tree of paradise (<em>Elaeagnos angustifolia),<\/em> scattered and adjacent to the sections of the levee to be removed. The environmental adaptation will be carried out by the Government of Aragon at a later date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The project includes environmental monitoring, with faunal surveys and the replacement of affected services, such as roads, irrigation ditches and power lines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2eac195 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2eac195\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebd8770\" data-id=\"ebd8770\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c29893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c29893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1-243x146.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1-50x30.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fase-1-Osera-deEbro-Fuentes-de-Ebro-1-125x75.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 607px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Intervention zones in the defenses<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-912df36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"912df36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2037ab\" data-id=\"d2037ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55649c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55649c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Phase 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Osera de Ebro &#8211; 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