THe Lagos State Public Works Corporation has commenced the construction of a major collector drain at Magodo-Shangisha to avert flooding in the area.

The Chief Executive Officer, LSPWC, Mr. Ayotunde Sodeinde, said work was currently ongoing on the long stretch of the Magodo-Shagisha canal embedded in a gorge in order to ease the flow of rainwater and domestic discharge from residential buildings within the neighbourhood.

He said the newly constructed drainage canal would serve as a collector drain for water flowing from all the tributary drainages to be discharged into the Alapere canal for onward flow into the Lagos lagoon.

According to him, the height of the collector drain is about 1.5 metres on both sides, with the basement measuring about five metres wide, and needed to be constructed because in the last four years, the gorge has posed danger to the residents and motorists.

Sodeinde stated, “We moved to this site over two weeks ago. Initially, we did a palliative work there, but we later discovered that it required a lot more.

“We noticed that the triple cell drain, which transports water to the Alapere canal before entering the lagoon, may collapse anytime from now; so, we are constructing a retailing wall to stabilise the drain from collapsing.”

He added that a four-foot walkway would also be built around the drain to protect the people, adding that all the street drains around the neighbourhood would be cleared to ease the flow of rain water and other domestic discharge from Magodo, Shangisha and environ.

He said the entire drainage project would be completed in eight weeks.

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