The Lagos State Government has taken decisive steps to permanently address decades-long flooding issues in Ebute Meta through the construction of the Carter Railway Drainage Channel.

This major stormwater project will run through the Nigerian Railway Corporation corridor and discharge into the Iponri confluence on Western Avenue.

The initiative was announced during a stakeholders meeting held at the NRC compound.

It is expected to permanently deflood the railway community as well as adjoining neighbourhoods that have long suffered from seasonal flooding.

Officials from the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources disclosed that the contract for the project, known as the Carter Railway Channel (System 4), has been awarded.

Work on the project is set to begin soon.

The Director of Drainage Services, Adedapo Ajadi, said the reinforced concrete channel would run from Murtala Muhammed Way through NRC corridor to Iponri, adding that the initiative would bring lasting relief to residents, institutions and businesses within the railway compound and the wider Lagos Mainland area.