„State Construction Company" LTD is finishing construction works of reinforcement protective wall on the river Bzhuzhi flooding of which inflicted over GEL 3 000 000 damage to Guria, its infrastructure and population.

Protective wall is building where overflown water due to intensive rains at the end of September 2014 destroyed 70 m long motor road on km4 of the highway of Ozurgeti-Shemokmedi-Bzhuzhi-Gomista at the village of Shemokmedi and blocked travel.

The length of protective reinforcement wall constructed at one part of the river is 594m; The width of the wall in the riverbed is 6 m and 40cm at the highest point. The wall is of cone shaped and it is 4 meter down in the water. Riv. Bzhuzhi bank protection works also including construction of 170 m-long and 8.5 m. high reinforcement wall at the other part of the river; construction of 100 m. long gabion and laying o 540 m2 asphalt layer on the road section damaged by flood; arranging several temporary dams for retaining water.  

Central motor road of Ozurgeti-Shemokmedi-Bzhuzhhesi-Gomista serves to the population of 7 villages - more than 5 000 residents of Guria and their guests; the villages are as follows: Shemokmedi, Kviriketi, Tsitelmta, Gonebiskari, Gomi, Bokhvauri, resort Gomista. 20% of the total population of Ozurgeti visit Gomista at resort season. After completing bank protection works movement on roads will be safe even in heavy rains. 

GEL 7,4 million was allocated from the state budget for the liquidation of damage caused by disaster In Guria and bank protection in Shemokmedi The number of people employed for the works was 45; majority of them were locals.