ODRA RIVER BASIN FLOOD PROTECTION

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The main development objective of the Project is to protect the population in the Odra River Basin against loss of life and damage to property caused by severe flooding. This would be achieved by (i) reducing the extreme flood peaks through storage in a dry polder on the Odra River just upstream of Raciborz town, enabling a reduction of the flood peak downstream of the reservoir and allowing better control of the operation of the river system; and (ii) by increasing the flood carrying capacity of the Odra River channels through and around Wroclaw. The Project would protect more than 2.5 million people against flooding in several towns such as Raciborz, Kedzierzyn, Kozle, Krapkowice, Opole, Brzeg, Olawa and Wroclaw, and settlements in the three vovoidships of Slaskie, Opolskie and Dolnoslaskie. There are three components to the Project. Component A is the Construction of Raciborz Dry Polder which will be created on the Odra River not far from the border with the Czech Republic near the town of Raciborz to retain flood water. Total capacity o f the reservoir would be about 185 Mm3. Component B is the Modernization of Wroclaw Floodway System which is to be modernized by improving the flood protection dikes, capacity of the hydraulic structures, improving the capacity of the flood bypass channel namely Widawa River transfer. Component C is the Improving Flood Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Supervision of the Environmental Management and Resettlement Action Plans. In addition the component will include support to the flood forecasting, and implementation of ecological enhancement works in the Odra River channel. Component D is Project Management, Technical Assistance and Training which will support the Government in implementing the Project and prepare a follow-on project.