A team from the World Bank has arrived here as Dominica begins to implement a multi-million dollar climate change resilient programme,” Environment Minister Dr Kenneth Darroux said Tuesday.
Speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, Darroux said that the EC$103 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) project, the agreement for which had been signed last year, is very important “because we know that climate change is probably one of the most important global problems that we have…and over the years we would know of the impact of climate change and significance to small island developing states, such as Dominica”.
Darroux said that the island is now in the process of putting together the project-coordinating unit and recruiting other personnel.
He said some of the projects identified under the multi-million dollar programme have already started including a water project for the West Coast, “and in this calendar year what we are hoping to do is to try to cash in on what I like to refer to as the low hanging fruits…”.
He said eight million dollars had been set aside for improving the drains across the island and the government would also embark upon “a number of major infrastructural road works especially on the south-southeast coast of Dominica”.
He told radio listeners that the World Bank team “is here to give us guidance…and we can actually see work starting on the ground”.
Source-CMC
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