Landslide Risk Assessment and Slope Stabilisation of St. Vincent's Windward Highway - WMRG

Evening Talk held by the West Midlands Regional Group

In 2013, St. Vincent and the Grenadines suffered a major tropical storm that caused widespread damage and landsliding across the island, severing the road network in several locations. Following the storm, the Windward Highway that connects the more prosperous southern region of St. Vincent with settlements in the North was extensively damaged, cutting settlements off from the rest of the island, preventing communities from accessing vital emergency resources and severely impacting the local economy.

Following the storm, Mott MacDonald have been working in partnership with the local Ministry for Transport & Works to improve the highway’s climate resilience by better understanding landslide risk, remediating and strengthening parts of the highway and providing capacity strengthening.

This presentation will focus on the landslide risk assessment completed along the island's Windward Highway and the design & construction of slope stabilisation measures for identified critical sites.