In Carole Dieschbourg's summary of the work done over the past year, she listed significant amounts of damage, an exceptional amount of patience, and organisational adaptations.
Par exemple, 2,7 millions d'euros ont été investis dans des travaux forestiers.
The costs of repairing the damage wrought by the floods lay at the €11 million mark. The minister said the floods showed the urgency of adapting to climate change and better preparing for the challenges coming with it.
The heads of the different administrations charged with repairing the region met in Berdorf one year later.
Whilst each administration highlighted the work done to improve the area's infrastructure and the costs of the work, the authorities also looked to the lessons they could learn from such catastrophes.
Marc Ries, representing the roads and bridges authority, highlighted the enormous damage caused to the infrastructure. 23 areas were affected in particular, requiring €11 million for repair works. One example of the roads damaged was the road between Berdorf and Echternach, which only recently reopened.
The authorities invested €2.7 million in forestry work, which mainly consisted of repairing 16 kilometres of walking trails which needed to be reconstruction.
The Water Management Agency was also hard at work over the past year, Philippe Lutty explained. The agency mainly removed mud and waste from streams, getting rid of five tonnes of plastic.
Dieschbourg spoke of the Ministry of the Environment's strategy to better react to the consequences of climate change.
The strategy, which is currently being worked on, will have an emphasis on warning residents of catastrophes as soon as possible. Notably, the ministry is developing a map detailing strong rainfall throughout the country. The map would also launch targeted alerts.
In order to develop the map, the ministry requires the help of residents affected to fill out a survey on damage caused by the flood.
The map will be designed to allow the authorities to act as quickly as possible and warn affected populations as soon as possible.
