The Padastertal landfill site Europe’s largest landfill site, the Padastertal disposal site, is located at the opening of the Padastertal, a valley branching off from the Wipp valley in Tyrol, near Steinach am Brenner. With a total capacity of approx. 7.5 million m³, this area will be filled with most of the excavated spoil from the Brenner Base Tunnel on Austrian territory. Spoil from the excavation of construction lots H52, H53 and H41 will be deposited here in the Padaster valley, over a length of approx. 1.4 km. The transport of the excavated tunnel material from the underground drifts to the Padastertal disposal site takes place via a conveyor belt system with four spreaders, also known as “drop towers”, which had already been constructed. Numerous flood protection works were implemented to protect the village of Siegreith, which lies slightly below the landfill area, and to ensure that landfill operations are as uninterrupted as possible. Among other things, various debris barriers, driftwood -catching grills for flood protection and a special diversion tunnel for the Padaster brook, which will also take over the function
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