By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
Respite will soon come the way of residents of Lagos against the menace of flooding as the State Government is set to commence massive maintenance and clearing of major primary, secondary and tertiary drainage channels.
According to a schedule of maintenance released by the General Manager, Office of Drainage Services in the Ministry of The Environment, Engineer Lekan Shodeinde, some of the priority drains to be cleared in the first week are Omole/Jubilee Agiliti, Muri International Channel, System 1 channel consisting of Odo Iya Alaro from Ojota to Lagoon.
Other channels scheduled for maintenance in the ongoing exercise under Ikeja division are Elere Collector Drain, Agege, Idimu Road Collector Drain, Jimoh/Victoria/Shasha Road Collector Drain, Gudugba Collector Drain, Agege Motor Road, (Mushin section), Kolawole Sebili/Falana Collector Drain.
Also planned for maintenance in the first week in the Lagos division are Durosinmi Etti Channel, Admiralty, Lekki, System 4 Channel (Tejuosho to Western Avenue), Fola Osibo Channel, Point Road-Liverpool Collector Drain, Apapa, Simpson Ebute Elefun Collector Drain, Ojo Oniyun Collector Drain, Ojo-Oniyun just as Signal Barracks Channel in Badagry will also be maintained during the period.
Engineer Shodeinde listed the drainage channels to be touched in the second week to include Oke Ijeun Channel, Ojo, Abiodun Sadiku Collector Drain, Old Akute Road Collector Drain, Ikeja roundabout/Awolowo Way Collector Drain, Ikeja, Agege Motor Road collector(Ikeja section) and Oworonshoki, Jemtok/Kinoshi Collector Drain, Ago Palace Way, Isolo.
Other drain channels to be touched in the second week are Olusoji/Rashidi Akotun/Odugunwa Collector Drain in Bariga from the Shomolu division, NTA Agric Collector Drain in Ojo, Aguda Ikate Collector Drain in Surulere division, Ladilak/Pelewura/Randle/Burma Collector Drain in the Lagos division and Norman Williams Collector Drain in Eti Osa division.
The General Manager revealed that the exercise which will continue for four weeks will cover in the Badagry and Ibeju Lekki areas of Lagos as well as 10 drainage channels across the five divisions of the State.
He explained that the Office of Drainage Services has embarked on the exercise to complement efforts of the contractor handling the subsisting contract for maintenance of major drainage channels in the State.
