With the Blue light rail of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) at about 85 per cent completed, delivery by the fourth quarter is not only achievable but attainable, the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Engr Abimbola Akinajo has said.

Giving the assessment during an inspection of the sea wall reconstruction and reclamation exercise at Elegbata, Ebute Ero, in the outer Marina axis of the state on Tuesday, Akinajo said with the successful reclamation and rebuilding of the sea wall, achieving Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s mandate, to deliver by the fourth quarter has become realizable.

Akinajo said: “The Blue line is comfortably at 85 per cent completion rate and we confident that by April the structure for Marina would have been completed, and by June/July, all of our piers would have been done and we would be able to lay the tracks on them in readiness of the completion and test run by November.”

The LAMATA chief, who described the breakthrough as a milestone for LAMATA and the contractor, said with the construction of the piling, it would be easy to construct the piers and complete the construction across the Lagos lagoon.

She said despite the initial study which was carried out at that particular area, the contractor still had to contend with a huge volume of wrecks, and even when they got to the sea bed, they still met with wrecks and debris which from the engineering point of view made the project herculean.

So completing it and succeeding in reclaiming and constructing a new sea wall along the reclaimed portion is a huge relief and an engineering feat for both the agency and the contractor.

She said: “For a long time, we have been stuck here because we could not cross the lagoon. You saw piers coming from the National Theatre, Iganmu area stopping somewhere before the lagoon, while at the other side, we have piers coming from the inner Marina area and stopping, so the linking which we are starting today signifies the completion of the linking of both ends. We now manage to complete the sea wall reclamation and repairs.

’’We have to moved inside for about eight metres and we are able to complete the sea wall for the entire stretch of the distance. This would allow us to complete the missing portion between the Iganmu end and the Marina station.

‘’For us it is a big milestone because now we can complete all civil infrastructure works for the Blue line and put our tracks on it and put the rails on it.”

Akinajo was led round the project by the General Manager, Southwest China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, (CCECC) Kelum Lee and the Lagos Rail Mass transit Blue Line Project Manager Mr Zhang Jon.

triple996:
Lagos lead others follow.
No wonder elrufai came to take blueprints now see as kaduna is also growing.
Am disappointed with the light rail plan of port Harcourt city. It seems to be abandoned
Say no to cannibalism and kpurumiri

Ezedon:
Always completed on media

triple996:
Lagos lead others follow.
No wonder elrufai came to take blueprints now see as kaduna is also growing.
Am disappointed with the light rail plan of port Harcourt city. It seems to be abandoned
Say no to cannibalism and kpurumiri

Ezedon:
Always completed on media

Faithley:
Lagos is on the move

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

obynzo:


Very childish comments. The peers of Lagos like Kigali and Nairobi and co who have a lower IGR than Lagos have left you behind. Light rail whose quality cannot match the speed rail in Dakar Senegal is what you are making noise about.

BosseJ:
If Sanwo-Olu can deliver this blue line before December, his re-election will be sure banker. No opposition party would be allowed to come and derail the remaining sections of the rail project. This metro rail project is a big deal for Lagos, and will be the most indelible legacy of the Tinubu-Fashola-Ambode-SanwoOlu administrations.

Ezedon:
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Ezedon:
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