Project Info

The threat posed and the degradation caused by the flood and erosion in the Felele area of Lokoja - the capital city of Kogi State is going to be effectively addressed by this project. The clusters of houses at the vast downstream area of the town are worse hit by the menace towards the mountain bounded stream into which the fast-running body of stormwater erodes. The visible crafts of this menace are deep gullies, collapsed slopes, dangerous cracks in earth hills, vulnerability of surcharges, collapsed roadways, flooding of houses & compounds, loss of buildable land lots, farmland destruction, economy downturn  and  infrastructure development restriction.

The Kogi State Ministry of Transport on behalf of the State Government commissioned a consortium of designer and constructor. Precision Technologies Consultants Limited (PTCL) Lagos, Nigeria (the designer) in a consultancy service contract carried out between July and December 2014 the “Studies, Planning, Detailed Engineering Design & Construction Supervision / Management of the Flood & Erosion Control Project at Felele, Lokoja”. Planet Projects Limited (the constructor) handles the construction works which is to span one year period from March 2015.

The designed components of the project are reinforced concrete (r.c) box & pipe culverts; r.c stilling basins; r.c catch pits; conveyance structures - chute & drops; surface tertiary, secondary & primary channels; underground concealed channels; shoreline protective revetment; road structure; interlocking stone walkway & cycleway and; r.c retaining walls.

Client: Kogi State Government – Ministry of Transport / Environment Lokoja, Nigeria

Design & Supervision Consultant: Precision Technologies Consultants Limited, Lagos, Nigeria
Main Contractor: Planet Projects Limited, Lagos, Lokoja, Akure, Nigeria

Period: Engrg Design: July - December 2014 (6 months); Construction: March 2015 on-going