The Catalan Water Agency (ACA) has launched the tender process for drafting a project to restore the environment along a section of the Tordera River in Fogars de la Selva, between the municipality’s industrial estate and the AP-7 bridge and the confluence with the Santa Coloma stream, an area through which the Tourdera route runs.
This project, with a tender budget of €70,781.60, is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and has a maximum implementation period of 10 months. The Tourdera will benefit from the project throughout the entire section where the works are planned, as a large part of the route runs alongside the river in the area where the intervention will take place.
The intervention is part of the measures aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in Fogars de la Selva, where a rock embankment approximately 200 metres long will soon be built near the Sant Cebrià de Fogars chapel, an area through which the Tourdera route passes. In fact, this area was severely affected by Storm Gloria in 2020.
The planned actions aim to control invasive species in order to protect native flora; manage riverside vegetation to prevent it from obstructing the flow of the river; remove obsolete protection structures and restore nearby poplar plantations to a more natural state; and introduce dead wood and small temporary ponds to improve the diversity of aquatic habitats.
The area, which forms part of the Natura 2000 network, requires the works to follow very strict conservation criteria, intervening only where absolutely necessary and prioritising the natural recovery of the river.
