The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab on Thursday said the Government is determined to proffer a permanent solution to flooding in Agungi and its environs through the construction of a bigger collector along Agungi road expected to bring relief to residents in that axis.
The Commissioner disclosed this while speaking with the press after a thorough assessment of the area following the flooding incidents experienced as a result of the 48 hours of continuous rainfall experienced in the state, adding that the construction of a bigger collector became necessary along Agungi Road to preventing flooding in the area.
The Commissioner accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services, Engr. Mahamood Adegbite alongside Heads of Agencies and Directors in the Ministry visited Freedom Park Road / Kusenla Junction, Alpha Beach Road, noting that the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang were deployed while the rain was ongoing to clear the debris in the collector at the aforementioned areas to allow free flow of stormwater.
Wahab mentioned that during the tour a minor encroachment was observed along Alfa Beach behind the Jame Hope University where a blockage was discovered, saying that from Saturday full excavation will start from Alpha Beach to Conservation Road.
The Commissioner said the construction of a new collector at Agungi Road is just one of the several that the State Government would construct to address perennial flooding issues in the identified areas.
“At Agungi we have agreed that the area needs a new collector that will take the water from the road into the lagoon; the collector they have there is too small to serve the volume of Stormwater on the Agungi Streach”, he said.
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