Due to the very heavy rainfalls in July and August 2011 in Rostock/ Markgrafenheide (more than 300 % of the average rainfall in this period) the start of the DredgDikes test dike construction was delayed by 2 weeks. After two weeks of construction the weather became very unstable again and there is no stable weather in sight. For a number of reasons, especially because both the subgrade and the dredged materials are still too wet to build a high quality research dike, the construction has been postponed to spring 2012. The dams constructed so far will be instrumented and examined to gain first results.

Heavy Rainfalls Delay Dike Construction