Deputy Mayor Verawat
Khakhay leads city engineers to inspect the Naklua canal near the Jake
Houy football stadium.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Rainy season will be nearly over, but water should flow much
more freely in a key Naklua drainage canal once workers finish dredging
it Oct. 26.
Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and city engineers went to the canal near
the Jake Houy football stadium Aug. 21 to check progress on the 2
million baht restoration work.
Intana Construction Co. is scooping out bricks, rocks, dirt and garbage
from the 4-kilomter canal to better handle storm runoff.
Contractors also are creating cache basins to hold some of the water to
decrease flooding from the canal overflowing, as well as clear footpaths
along the canal that have been blocked by the canal’s borders.
However, work will not be complete until late October, which
traditionally marks the end of rainy season.
Still, the deputy mayor said, the canal traditionally carries massive
amounts of water and dredging the canal will benefit this year and years
to come.
