The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is moving to boost the drainage capacity in Leguan, Region Three.

And the NDIA is looking at the possibility of enhancing drainage in the Waterloo area, according to Regional Chairman, Region Three, Julius Faerber, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Faerber and NDIA’s Chief Executive Officer (ag) Lionel Wordsworth visited the area on Tuesday and the officials observed that the four-foot tube that was being used to provide drainage for 2,600 acres was inadequate.

GINA said that NDIA is looking at the possibility of installing another tube of similar size or resuscitating a drainage structure in close proximity to the area.

Meanwhile, the regional chairman said an excavator is working in Leguan and 80 percent of the drainage works earmarked for this period has already been carried out on the island in preparation for the rainy season.

In other Region Three areas, monthly maintenance work is being carried out on the sidelines. The new De Willem sluice, West Coast Demerara that is being constructed by NDIA is 90 percent complete while the pump station that is being refurbished at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara is also soon to be commissioned, GINA stated.