Combined canoe and fish pass at the Axat gauging weir (11)

Project owner EDF UP Sud-Ouest

Type of project Renovation and fish passage at a limnimetric station

Construction of a combined baffle pass enabling canoes and fish to pass over the weir on a constant slope of 15 %.

Main technical features

Active bottom made of thermoformed polyethylene, fixed to the sill by metal anchors and corrosion-protected steel screws; entrance walls and concrete-grouted rockfill arranged as stepped structures.

Specific constraints

Works carried out in the bed of the Aude; flood risk.

Canoe pass

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  • Location 11140 Axat
  • Project / construction cost 244 K €
  • Years of completion 2011 / 2012

Canoe pass

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