After more than a year of effort and work, the technical documentation for the revitalization project in Klížska Nemá is complete. In cooperation with designers from SVP and experts from the Water Research Institute (VÚVH), we have managed to design a series of measures that will help create “wild” islands on the main channel of the Danube in Klížska Nemá.
This will be the first revitalization of its kind in Slovakia, where we will lower and disconnect the groynes – guide embankments that direct water into the navigation channel (“výhony”) from the riverbank. This will create a parallel river branch within the main channel and provide a refuge for Danube fish species.
Our plans are ambitious and gradual — in the future, we would like to modify the entire groyne system in Klížska Nemá, consisting of a total of eight groynes, implemented in three construction phases.
We have now entered the permitting process and held numerous meetings with the relevant stakeholders, including the Slovak-Hungarian Commission for Boundary Waters and the Ministry of Transport — all with positive outcomes. So let’s get started!
These activities are being carried out as part of the #LIFEWILDisland project.
