Flood Gate: Open Normally, Closed Only During Typhoons

An opening in a levee. The flood wall is cut here with a five to eight-meter wide gap to allow people and views to pass through, completely open during normal times, with continuous paving on the ground; on both sides of the gap, the grooves for storing floodgates and the gate pivots are visible, with the floodgates normally stored in the adjacent low walls. During typhoons, the floodgates are installed to restore a continuous flood defense line. These openings appear at fixed intervals along the levee. Avoid: making the floodgate a permanently closed facility, having thresholds and height differences at the opening, hiding machinery and grooves so their operation is unclear, or having no openings at all along the entire levee.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處堤防上的開口。防洪牆在這裡被切開一個五到八米寬的缺口讓人與視線通過,平常完全開放,地面是連續的鋪面;缺口的兩側可以看到收納閘板的凹槽與門軸,閘板平時收在旁邊的矮牆裡。颱風來時把閘板裝上就恢復成連續的防洪線。這些開口沿著堤防以固定間距出現。避免:把閘門做成永久關閉的設施、讓開口處出現門檻與高差、把機具與凹槽藏到看不出怎麼運作、讓整道堤防沒有任何開口。