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How 15 minutes Egidijus Steponavičius, a representative of the city management company Grinda, said, according to preliminary estimates, the amount of precipitation on Monday almost reached the limit of a natural phenomenon (more than 50 mm of precipitation in less than 12 hours).
The rain removed the cut grass from the slopes and, along with the soil, left it in the driveway of the streets, obstructing the grid of the rainwater drainage system and temporarily hindering the passage. T. Narbuto g. the slope was washed away, along with the plant layer, a large amount of earth slipped on the street surface.
“It just came to our attention then. It is clear that flood prevention (spring pipe cleaning) has significantly reduced the effects of the rain. No critical damage was done to the city’s infrastructure,” said E. Steponavičius.
According to the specialist, in the next few hours the streets of Vilnius will continue to be swept by sand and gravel deposits. Subsequent landslides will be addressed.
Drivers are asked to drive more carefully through the sand dunes. During the rain, other streets in the city were also affected: Kareivių-Žirmūnų and Kareivių-Verkių streets, where excavation work is being carried out, the rain swept the ground and covered the previous part of Žirmūnų street; Due to limited rainwater drainage possibilities, Antakalnio Street was temporarily flooded, water flows spilled into P. Vileišio Street and washed away the riverbank.
Kęstutis Vaicekiūtis, director of UAB Grinda, points out that the rain has once again shown the main problem areas of the capital, where there is currently no capacity to collect rainwater: an intensive reconstruction of the rainwater system is taking place on T. Narbuto-Saltoniškių streets, as well as on Verkių and Kareivių streets. The rebuilding of rainwater on T. Narbuto Street is already halfway there, and it is planned to be completed by the end of August.
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