Russia Resurrects Large Floodgate To Protect St. Petersburg

摘要

A team of international engineers has resurrected a large but unfinished flood control project from the Soviet era. Plans are under way to complete the last 35% of Russia's vast flood barrier at St. Petersburg within five years at an estimated cost of $400 million. Floods strike the city twice a year on average. A 25.4-kilometer embankment across Neva Bay, featuring some of the world's largest horizontal sector gates, was designed in the 1970s, started in the 1980s but halted in 1987 for environmental and financial reasons as the Communist regime started to crumble.