Gambia: WACA Project to Protect Over 200,000 Kotu Residents from Flooding –

By: Binta Jaiteh

The West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Resilience Investment Project 2 is set to protect over 200,000 residents of Kotu from the growing threat of floods.

Spearheaded by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources, the project has contracted a joint venture consulting firm led by Hydro Nova to carry out feasibility studies and develop a detailed engineering design for the Kotu Stream flood mitigation plan.

A recent high-level technical meeting brought…