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Appendix F Photo file

Banjul Case study photos

Bund Road

Denton Bridge

A two metre wide Rip Rap barrier

protecting Bund Road.

Photograph of the Banjul Port Harbour

(background) taken from Bund Road. The local

canoes (foreground) indicate the presence of

fishing activity.

Photograph of the Denton Bridge which

connects Banjul to the Kombos.

The markings on the Abutment indicate high

water levels.

This image indicates the distance between

the tide and the bridge lower deck.

Approximately the average height of a man

(1.8m)


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All Photographs taken by Author (28 Dec 2011 18 Jan 2012)

Appendix F - Banjul Case Study photo file

Gambia Ports Authority

Lands Office and Cemetery

Rip Rap protection along

the Banjul Port Harbour

fence line.

The stacks of shipping

containers (pictured in

red and blue) are

approximately five

metres away from the

coastline.

Large silver tanks are visible in the

foreground approximately ten metres away

from the coast.

Rip Rap protection along the Banjul Port

Harbour fence line.

A ship used by the Banjul Ports Authority to

carry out offshore dredging along the

harbour.

An old structure eroded by the

rising tides.

This building was formerly known

to the locals as the ABC Night Club.


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Albert Craft Market to Banjul Barra Terminal

A tree which has

resisted the retreating

coastline. This area was

flooded before the

Beach Replenishment

Project in 2004. The

exposed roots indicate

the extent of the damage

caused by erosion.

A row of 12 abandoned Rhum Palm trees

used as groins trapping sedimentarydeposits.

A close-up of a hollow Rhum Palm tree

trunk.

If not maintained it is less likely to withstand

further erosion.


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Appendix F - Banjul Case Study photo file

Radio Syd

Concrete groins which protect the

Iceman ice factory situated behind

Albert Market.Large rocky boulder stones, initially at Radio

Syd, have been placed to form temporary Rip

Rap defences for the Craft Market workshops

visible in the foreground.

Radio Syd building almost

engulfed by the rising tides before

the timely Haskoning Coastal

Project which reclaimed the land

in this area. (See historic photo

file)

The remains of the Old

Boys Scout

Headquarters having

been engulfed by the

rising tides. This

building is next to

Radio Syd and the

Banjul Serrekunda

Highway.


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Historic photos

The remains of Scouts Headquarters after a

coastal storm from TAMS Coastal Protection

Study (1999)

Abandoned groins off the coast of Banjul from

TAMS Coastal Protection Study (1999)

Beach behind Radio Syd with the ancient

groins of Banjul barely visible in the

background. Photo Courtesy of Radio Syd

owner, Benny (2000)

Radio Syd in 2000 was almost inundatedprior to the Haskoning Beach Project in

2004. Photo courtesy of Radio Syd owner,

Benny (2000)


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The Beach Nourishment Project has resulted in the development of a creek in the

Radio Syd area, commonly referred to as the Radio Syd Creek. This creek, non-existent

prior to the Beach Nourishment Project, is threatening to divide the beach of Radio Syd

as it expands due to the rising tides.


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Appendix F - Kombo Case Study photo file


Kombo Case study photos

Bakau Fishing Centre

The base of the Bakau

Fishing Landing Complex.

Some of the metal sheet

piles used in its

construction are beginning

to corrode.

This photograph shows

how far the coastline is

along the jetty.

Photograph of a collapsed cliff. The fallen rocks act as a natural groin trapping

sedimentary deposits.


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Cape Point Groins

The groins are made ofbasalt and Granite placed

along Cape Point Beach.

Results show that they

have accreted sedimentary

deposit since being built by

Haskoning in 2004.

Two of five similar groins located on the beaches of Cape Point.

(One measuring 150m, one measuring 130m and three measuring 120m).

Cape Point Beach: apopular tourist

attraction and local

community leisure

centre.


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Appendix F - Kombo Case Study photo file

Fajara

Exposed sandstone

vertical cliffs on the

beach of Fajara.

Eroding cliffs cut into

by the rising tides.

The deep red

colouring indicates a

more resistant

sandstone rock type.

Sea-walled fences

used by private

home owners to

resist the rising

tides.

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