Côte d’Ivoire - Gourou Integrated Watershed Management Project - Emergency Phase

The Gourou Integrated Watershed Management Project involves implementing basin-wide strategic operations to ensure: (i) better regulation of drainage water toward the outlet, in particular at the level of the Indénié interchange; (ii) improved environmental management and treatment of solid waste; and (iii) preparation of a planning document on basin-wide integrated management. It was initiated because of repeated flooding at the level of the intersection and its neighbouring areas, traffic hold-up at the Indénié interchange, the salinization of the Lagoon and an insalubrious environment. This project, which will help to improve access to and quality of basic social services as well as protect the environment – fits seamlessly into the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for 2009-2013. The project will consist of several phases. The first phase (“the Emergency Phase”) involves: (i) rehabilitating and constructing retarding basins, drainage channels and their connections to the main canal; and (ii) conducting a study to define the measures required to implement a sustainable sanitation and drainage strategy for the Basin. The project total cost is estimated at UA 23.30 million (excluding tax and duty).