International consultancy, engineering and project management service provider Royal HaskoningDHV is leading a consortium commissioned by Fondo Adaptación Colombia to rehabilitate the almost 400 year old and 120 km long Canal del Dique in Colombia, a navigation route of major socio-economic importance.
By designing effective flood control measures, 1.5 million people living in the region will be protected from major flood events such as the disaster during La Niña that killed 174 people and left many others homeless end 2010.
The 22 million Euro project will take four years and is commissioned by Fondo Adaptación, the public institution founded by the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, for construction and restoration of infrastructure affected by La Niña 2010-2011. This project focuses on the Canal del Dique, a 120 km canal connecting Cartagena Bay to the Magdalena River at the city of Calamar in northern Colombia.
The canal provides a navigation route through a series of marshes and wetlands and is vital to the economy of the region.
The project includes studies and designs for the restoration of the old channel and dikes, new locks and marsh improvements.
Royal HaskoningDHV will be partnering with national engineering firm Gómez Cajiao.
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Press Release, August 6, 2013