SECURUS: Safety from natural risks on the Bielsa-Aragnouet and Espacio Portalet road links

    Solution ID
    Description of solution
    Summary (Challenges; Objectives)

    Mountain road infrastructure is highly vulnerable to natural risks induced by climate change. The objective of the SECURUS project is to guarantee road safety against natural risks on the Bielsa–Aragnouet (Lannemazan–Aínsa) and Espacio Portalet (Laruns–Biescas) road links. Following a first phase (SECURUS 1), the SECURUS 2 project continues to make progress in protecting the Bielsa-Aragnouet (Lannemazan-Aínsa) and Espacio Portalet (Laruns-Biescas) roadways so as to guarantee road user safety against natural risks. These road links require that stakeholders monitor and react to recurring natural risks by taking actions which go beyond geographical and administrative borders and involve greater coordination of human resources and bi-national materials.

    Technical characteristics

    Protection against landslide and erosion risk in mountain passes and along roads, within a specifically identified area. Installation of several rows of snow retention barriers on the mountain , and the extension of an avalanche retention basin

    Location Latitude
    42.6286000000
    Location Longitude
    -0.3215870000
    Comment on location

    Pyrenees, Spain

    Keywords
    Ecosystem (s) impacted
    Mountain
    Hazard(s) concerned
    Snow avalanche
    Other challenges
    Human well-being/Recreational activities
    Exposition
    Exposed assets
    Roads
    Is there population exposed?
    Yes, low density of population (<50 persons /km2)
    Activity
    Are there jobs created in the nature-based sector?
    Don't know
    Are there new employments in tourism sector, sport activities or recreational activites ?
    Don't know
    Are there new activities in the tourism sector , sport activities or recreational activites?
    Don't know
    Are there new/traditional activities that increased?
    I don't know
    International classification
    Sustainable development goals addressed
    SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
    Sendai Frameword priorities addressed
    Priority 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
    Actors
    Who are the beneficiaries of the action
    Countries, Population, Insurance companies
    Organizations involved in the implementation of the action

    Consortium for the management, conservation and use of the Bielsa-Aragnouet tunnel and its access pointsEspacio Portalet European Grouping of Territorial Coope​rationDépartement des Hautes-PyrénéesCommune d'Aragnouet,Commune de Saint-Lary SoulanMétéo-France.

    Temporal aspects
    Design life time of the action
    More than 10 years
    Implementation time of the action
    Between 5 and 10 years
    Financial aspects
    Financing source
    European Comission, Regional Governments
    Risk reduction
    Hazard
    +
    Exposure
    +
    Vulnerability
    +
    Feasibility
    Technical Feasibility
    +
    Economic Feasibility
    +
    Environment
    Water
    0
    Soil
    0
    Vegetation
    0
    Landscape
    0
    Biodiversity
    0
    Society
    Quality of Life
    +
    Community involvement
    0
    Landscape Heritage
    0
    Economy
    Revitalization
    0
    Local Economy
    0
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