1.0 ESCAPING FROM THE MAN MADE FLOOD IN LAGOS THE DEAD END FLOOD ROAD IN LAGOS 1.1 INTRODUCTION - Lagos - In The Pre and post independence period of Nigeria the economical development & migration of people had developed lagos as largest metropolitan area in Africa. Lagos is a major African financial centre and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria as well . Lagos becpme the port city of Nigeria and as years passed the expansion of lagos to west and fast urbanization experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom made two areas in lagos as Main land and islands and three major bridges join the island to the mainland. They are the 1. Carter Bridge, which starts from Iddo , 2. the Eko Bridge (formerly called the Second Mainland Bridge); and 3. the Third Mainland Bridge, which passes through densely populated mainland suburbs to the Lagos Lagoon. 4. The Ikoyi link bridge li