The construction of a well with a sandpit to capture rainwater on Calle Calzadilla, in La Cruz Santa, It solves the repeated problems of flooding that are generated by runoff from this road to those located at a lower elevation. The Municipal Management of Urbanism develops this action, with a cost of 41,994 euros, which benefits the resident population in this street and in the surrounding urbanization.
Calle Calzadilla is affected by an elevation difference of 230 meters in about 1,500 linear meters of track –with an average slope of 15% – from Camino Atravesado (upper part) to Calle Real de La Cruz Santa (lower part). The existing rainwater collection ditch in a section of the route flows directly into Calle Real as there is no discharge point. This is stated in the report of the Urban Planning Management. In addition, the water accumulates the aggregate that it drags from the top of the road.
The mayor, Manuel Domínguez, explains that the solution proposed by the technicians is the one that is executed with the purpose of “reducing the damage that occurs in periods of rain and that on many occasions make some section of Calle Calzadilla itself impassable and surrounding”.
The councilor for the area of La Cruz Santa, Darío Pérez, highlights «the prioritization of this project ”, attending to the citizen demand in the neighborhood community table and in different conversations and meetings with their representatives. It is about responding to the safety problem of people and their properties in the months with the most rainy season, “for which they are grateful for the execution of the project during the summer, before another rainy season.”
The dimensions of the sand pit will allow the collection of rainwater that runs through the ditch of Calle Calzadilla and that will drain through a 40-centimeter diameter tube to an absorbent well, built in its vicinity.
In order to avoid the entry into the sandbox of considerable size debris, two intercepting grids will be arranged next to its entrance mouth and executed within the outer channel.
