Lagos Govt to commence construction of second outfall along Community Road, Okota

 By Damilola Kushimo

The Assistant Director, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Engr. Adegboyega Nureeni Ogunyemi has confirmed that the construction of second outfall along Community Road, Okota, Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) will soon commence as contractor has already taken possession of the project site.

Ogunyemi informed that the project is expected to be completed within six months, disclosing that some structures along the road would be affected.

He therefore appealed to the residents for their cooperation during the course of the project.

In his words: “The contract has already been awarded and the contractor has taken the possession of project. We are working on the survey presently. As soon as it is concluded, the contractor will move fully to the site.”

“We discovered that the capacity of the existing one on the right is not adequate to take the volume of water coming from Ago Place Way, the new one will be wider than the existing one and it is going straight down to the canal. The only challenge we might encounter is that, it might affect part of the the building where tolls are being collected. It will hit that part of the building and all those attachment along its path. For project of that kind, it will take six months.”