Case study: Local road, slope protection, erosion control & soil reinforcement, environmental restoration

1. Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy
LOCATION Orvieto – Umbria Region – Italy
GOALS TO REACH
Erosion control and soil reinforcement
Environmental restoration
TARGET WORKS Road embankments
SURFACE 10,000.00 m2
LYTHOTYPE
Altered tuff pyroclastites and
fractured basalts
1° SEEDING DATE September 2005
REMARKS Re–profiled embankments after a
landslide

2. The landslide
December 2005
Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy

3. FortGrass & rockfall netting application on weathered pyroclastic deposits and basaltic outcrops
September 2005
Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy

4. May 2006
Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy
FortGrass combined with rockfall netting on a re –profiled landslide. Results after 7 months

5. Eroded soil filling the run off way
May 2006
Erosion is stopped and a self cleaning process has started
September 2005
Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy

6. Landslide December 2004 2004
Road re-profiled embankments after a landslide – Orvieto – Italy
Results 8 months after FortGrass application