Professor Maltsev: the project of bank protection is dangerous for Imereti lowland

Works on bank protection of Imereti lowland are in process along the seashore from the Mzymta to the Psou rivers. Professor Viacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Engineering, warns about the danger of this project realized within the framework of preparation for the Olympics. The activists of territorial public self-government declare illegality of these works.

The works on bank protection are being carried out along 10 kilometers of bank area. According to the construction passport, they started on April, 1, and had to be accomplished on August, 31, 2013.

“One should not use force against force. The force of a wave is tremendous… If one puts concrete on its way which is currently done in Imereti lowland then the process of destruction and water encroachment on the land will go much more actively than before”, Professor, Doctor of Engineering, research scholar of scientific center “Morskie Berega” (“Seashore) Viacheslav Maltsev said to the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

“As a result of construction of the bank protection the beachfront zone which according to development and land use regulations of Sochi adopted by the deputies of State Assembly must not be built up will disappear, Chairperson of “Psou” territorial public self-government Natalia Kalinovskaya told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

It should be reminded that earlier the hydraulic engineers of Sochi warned that the Olympic construction would have a negative impact on the coastline. The ecologists criticized the plans of allocation of cargo ports on the Imeretinka.