Operation
Measures designed to reduce the impact of flooding
This operation aims at mitigating the effects of flooding in certain areas by building protection systems.
2 actions
This action item is aimed at setting up pilot projects for systems such as deflectors, dykes and spurs to slow down flow rates in French Polynesia.
Feedback from this pilot project could be put to good use in other territories.
On Wallis & Futuna, areas known to the government and public as being problematic in floods have been identified. There are plans to build water flow improvement systems:
- On Wallis, works will be carried out in a suburb near the airport and in Halamaitai and Gahi village
- On Futuna, priority sites will be identified in Year 1