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Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by jaymichael(m): 1:18am On Nov 07, 2015 |
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said
on Thursday that the state’s light rail project
would be completed by December 2016 and
would commence operation immediately.
This is coming about six years after the Blue Line
rail project was awarded to China Civil
Engineering Construction Company. It is a 27-
kilometre line stretching from Okokomaiko to
Marina.
The President, Council for the Regulation of
Engineering in Nigeria, Kashim Ali, also said that
the $874m Abuja-Kaduna rail project was at 70
per cent completion and should be ready by the
first quarter of 2016. He spoke in Lagos on the
sidelines of an event organised by the
International Project Finance Association in
collaboration with the KPMG.
Ambode said that the state government was
determined to complete the light rail project by
the end of next year because it would ease the
traffic situation in the Lagos metropolis and
improve the living standard of the people.
The Blue line was initially slated for completion in
2011 but has suffered delays due to funding
problems.
According to the implementing agency, the Lagos
Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, the first
phase of the project from Mile 2 to the National
Theatre (a distance of seven kilometres) has been
completed; while work is ongoing on the second
phase from Mile 2 to Marina.
LAMATA said it was part the Lagos Urban Rail
Network covering seven major corridors of high
commuter traffic demand within and beyond
metropolitan Lagos, extending to border areas
with states such as Ogun and Oyo.
But Ambode, who told Reuters on Thursday that
“by December 2016, the light rail should be
delivered,” had earlier said a new funding
arrangement was being worked out to speed up
work on the project and get it ready next year.
“This project is driven by commercial loans and
bonds leaning on the state’s Internally Generated
Revenue. That arrangement cannot be sustained.
We are negotiating a better package that will
deliver the project by the end of 2016,” he said.
The governor also said a tender for the expansion
had been opened, and that the rail network would
connect the northern and the southern parts of
Lagos.
The Red line will be 30km long, running between
Marina and Agbado, and will use the existing
Nigeria Railway Corporation corridor.
Other lines as proposed by LAMATA are Green,
Yellow, Purple, Brown and Orange.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner for Transport,
Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has said that the amount
required to construct one kilometre of railway line
in Nigeria was double that of other countries.
Mobereola, who was represented by the Technical
Adviser, LAMATA, Mr. Oladeinde Frederick, said
this was due to the wrong costing of the project
by international investors who did not understand
the Nigerian environment.
While speaking at the IPFA West Africa seminar
themed, ‘Unlocking rapid development of
transport infrastructure in Nigeria,’ in Lagos on
Thursday, Mobereola explained that other reasons
for abandoned infrastructural projects were
delayed approvals, changes in project managers
and lack of expertise.
For instance, he said Lagos has a different soil
texture from other regions, adding that the cost
of constructing one kilometre of railway line in
the state was $40m, and $20m in other places.
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Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by Nobody: 1:40am On Nov 07, 2015 |
Nice one because the holdup in these area is becoming unbearable on a daily basis |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by Friday18: 1:41am On Nov 07, 2015 |
If the deadline for the completion of the project is met,that will be very good. At least this will reduce the long static traffic . |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by jaymichael(m): 1:44am On Nov 07, 2015 |
I hope the deadline is met. I trust Ambode to deliver, he has no other choice.
Eko wa oni baje o. |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by Vikkie14: 1:47am On Nov 07, 2015 |
We just hope/pray it won't be another FAILED promise. It was slated for dellivery/operation in 2011, four years after, it's still an "unfinished business". May our lives never be run as the government of Nigeria is being runned. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by wx9Z: 1:48am On Nov 07, 2015 |
Amen |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by Vikkie14: 1:50am On Nov 07, 2015 |
jaymichael:You must be a newbie in politics. If you want to understand politics(esp. Nigeria's own), the number one rule is: DO NOT TRUST ANY POLITICIAN, even if he/she is from your family. #PowerCorruptAndAbsolutePowerCorruptAbsolutely |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by adconline(m): 5:13am On Nov 07, 2015 |
Like Fashola promised abd never delivered.. Today, he's a federal minister. He spent $1bn on uncompleted 35km rail project while Ethiopia completed 75km mordern rail at $475m |
Re: Lagos Light Rail’ll Be Completed Dec. 2016 – Ambode by jaymichael(m): 5:34am On Nov 07, 2015 |
Vikkie14:The trust I meant is based upon the hope and expectation that he delivers despite the fact that in politics, you don't speak in absolute terms. Like we have a choice? we don vote am in, we have no other choice than to expect him to deliver the goods and if he does, the better for us all. If he doesn't, na we e go still affect. Obama promised to close down Guantanamo bay during his campaign but when he elected, the realities he saw on ground suggested otherwise. |
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