the Royal Road, Goodlands, in the vicinity of the Doorgachurn Hurry Government School, he will state if cons…
(No. B/787) Mr N. Beejan (Second Member for Grand’ Baie & Poudre D'or) asked the Minister of National Infrastructure whether, in regard to the Royal Road, Goodlands, in the vicinity of the Doorgachurn Hurry Government School, he will state if consideration will be given for the carrying out of urgent measures, including construction of drains, to address the issue of large water accumulation during and after heavy rainfalls thereat since years thereby rendering same inaccessible and unsafe for pedestrians and vehicles and, if so, indicate the expected start and completion dates thereof.
Madam Speaker, I am informed by the Road Development Authority that the road in front of Doorgachurn Hurry Government School in Goodlands known as the Mapou-Goodlands A5 road is frequently flooded during heavy rainfall period due to surface run-off from lateral roads and lack of adequate drainage network. These floods events caused significant disruption to school attendance, pose serious safety risk to students, pedestrians and road users and adversely affect vehicular movement along the Mapou-Goodlands road. To resolve the flooding problem at this locus, a comprehensive drainage scheme has been proposed by the Land Drainage Authority, comprising two main components, namely – • Component 1 – Provision of concrete drains, dimension 0.7 metre by 0.7 metres over stretch of 400 metres along A5 road in front of the school, and Construction of a cross drains across A5 road to evacuate water from lateral roads. Given that the first component relates to a main road, the works have been entrusted to the RDA. The works have been estimated at Rs18 million and will be carried out under the Framework Agreement of the RDA to be funded under the National Flood Management Programme. Once financial clearance is secured, a work’s order will be issued and the drain works will be implemented within eight months. • Component 2 – in parallel, the National Development Unit has been requested to proceed with complementary flood mitigation interventions within the vicinity, including – (i) provision of a 50 metre-stretch of absorption drain along Verger Road to capture excess run-off from upstream regions, and
44 (ii) construction of absorption drains and installation of cross drains along JSS Road, Reservoir Road and Soobhany Road with grating. The works are currently being implemented by General Construction Ltd for an amount of Rs14.6 million. Works started in October 2024 and are expected to be completed by August 2025. Madam Speaker, a long-term solution to the issue of flooding along Royal Road, Goodlands in the vicinity of Doorgachurn Hurry Government School, will be obtained once both components have been implemented.
Yes, one question!
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Will the hon. Minister confirm if a request has been obtained previously by the former Government representative in the Assembly regarding these repeated problems in the region of Goodlands?
As far as I am aware, I do not think a request was made but anyway we are undertaking the works by RDA and the NDU. There are two projects that will be undertaken.
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