Upgrading of Lotus Canal

摘要

The Lotus River originates from a storm-water retention pond in the Cape Town Airport Industria area alongside the N2. The river flows south through Gugulethu, Ottery and Grassy Park where it discharges into False Bay via the Zeekoevlei Wetland (an approximate 19 km stretch of river). The canal is an excavated channel which was constructed in the 1950s to accommodate the increased runoff due to post-war development in the Cape Flats, and has for the most part been formalised.