Australia has many rivers, and to get over them we need many bridges! Tasmania has 1,300 bridges; South Australia has 1,500 and Brisbane city alone has 20. You can imagine how many there are throughout the rest of Australia and New Zealand.
The issue here is that many of our bridges suffer quite seriously from the threat of erosion and scour. When heavy rains flood the rivers, riverbanks are washed away, exposing the bridge pylons. So what is our current solution? We could replace the riverbank with large sandstone slabs or maybe just concrete it over completely. Unfortunately, both options are quite expensive and require quite a large amount of expensive preparation work.
Now let’s see what’s being done in Japan: 30 years ago, the Japanese built the 4km long Akashi Bridge which needed serious pylon protection. Bluemont Rock Bags™ were called into use and placed around each pylon as scour protection, and they are still there! Now, 30 years later, these Bluemont Rock Bags™ have been used in over 17,000 projects and are available in Australia and New Zealand.
Aussie councils, construction companies and private consumers have already adopted Bluemont Rock Bags™ for the protection of roads, riverbanks, beaches and more. Bluemont Rock Bags™ are made 100% from recycled materials and need no prior site preparation to deploy. Just fill them up and drop them where needed! With a deployment time of 5-10 minutes per bag, they are a fast, economical and environmentally responsible solution.
