Plaquette : Making the Senegal river navigable - IAGF 6ème session

• 14 Presentation of the project driven by the OMVS ln 2010, the Senegal River Operating and Navigation Management Company (SOGENAV) was founded to manage and administer navigat ion and transport activities on the river as weil as the operation, maintenance and renewal of the structures entrusted to it. By virtue of th is, it is responsible for implementing the SITRAM - Senegal River Integrated Multimodal Transport System - which includes a river navigation component, a raad component (raads giving access to Manantal i dam; the Rosso-Diama link raad; the Labé-Tougué-Dinguiraye-Siguiri road) and a rail component. ln its implementation phase, the navigation praject has two sections: It aims at creating a continuous and durable navigable watervvay 905 km long, between Saint-Louis (Senegal), at the mouth of t he river on t he Atlantic coast, and Ambidédi, downstream of Kayes (Mali). lt includes: the construction of two ports: one at Saint-Lou is, which comprises a marina, a f ishing port and a cargo port; the other at Ambidédi, an inland river port; the creation or upgrading of 7 wharves and 9 stopovers; thedevelopmentof a 905 kmchannel bydredging and c1eaning : it wi ll be fram 35 to 55 metres wide and 2.10 to 2.50 metres deep; very considerable quantities of dredged sediment and rock must be removed, i.e. f ram 7 to 8 million rn", including 6 million at Saint-Louis alone, f ram dredging the mouth . These operations amount t o 40% of t he investment; installing beacons; setting up agenciesto operate the river bargesand maintain the navigable waterway; the construction of a shipyard at Rosso (Mauritania) is also planned for phase 2 of the praject.