Progress note 02
Infrastructure rehabilitation progress
Dykes, intake and canals: the physical backbone of Polder 1 is well ahead of where it stood a year ago.
Polder 1's protection dykes are 65% rebuilt and raised, using heavy compaction designed to withstand a 50-year flood. The main intake and sluice structure is fully operational after the gates were restored and sediment traps installed.
Eighteen kilometres of main supply canal have been de-silted, restoring gravity flow to the design specification. Twelve kilometres of internal drainage channel have been cleared and re-engineered to shed storm water quickly.
Each of these is a precondition for scale. Without dependable flood protection, intake control and drainage, better agronomy and machinery cannot deliver consistent commercial yields.