by Rasheed Bisiriyu

The Lagos State Government has begun talks with the preferred bidder of second light rail line, a 32km Agbado-Marine rail, known as the red line.

This followed the advanced work already attained on the first line, a 27km Okokomaiko-Marina (blue line), being constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.

The Director- General, Public Private Partnerships, Lagos State, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi, made this known during an interactive session with a Japanese trade mission to the state.

A statement by the PPP office on Friday also reported the director-general to have expressed the commitment of the state government to the provision of public infrastructure.

He said negotiation was ongoing with the firm, which he did not name, on the development of the 32km light rail metro transportation (red line).

Gbeleyi said the contract would cover the provision of rolling stocks as well as the operation and maintenance of the line when commercial closure was eventually attained.

Gbeleyi, who is also a special adviser to the state governor, said the project would considerably ease traffic congestion in Lagos metropolis when fully on-stream.

According to him, an average of 400,000 passengers would be conveyed daily.

“Also, the project is expected to generate over 8,000 jobs through direct and indirect employment opportunities,” he added.

According to him, construction work is rapidly progressing on 27km blue line (from Okokomaiko to Marina), with construction works on the first Phase from National Theatre to Mile 2, while the contract for the construction of the second phase from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko has been awarded to CCECC.


For more, information read: http://www.punchng.com/business/lagos-set-to-begin-second-light-rail-project/

Interesting.

Cool

Why are they awarding the contracts in phases and good job for the second project as i think they don't need for this to complete before starting the next one. One more thing is that they should just try to involve everyone because i don't want a reason that when he leaves and the next person will just wake up to cancel these projects.

Find out more about the project and see amazing pictures of the rail routes, stations, carriages and the 7 lines on these threads


https://www.nairaland.com/898591/fashola-woos-foreign-investment-partners

https://www.nairaland.com/928874/more-updates-lagos-light-rail

[size=30pt]EKO ONI BAJE O[/size]

Another white elephant project....pipe dreams

I like this part of your comment

........ They should just involve everybody.....

Truly the pace of this project to me is pretty slow. This project when completed has the capacity of transforming the landscape of Lagos.

taurus21: Another white elephant project....pipe dreams

Actually i stay at FESTAC very close to Mile 2, and the construction of the road have started since last year.

Good !!!

have they sucessfully completed the first one?

fm7070: have they sucessfully completed the first one?

Yes if not they would not begin the second would they ?

Very nice![img]http://www.lzxin.info/g.php[/img]

alj harem:

Yes if not they would not begin the second would they ?

You seem to be born to lie. Na by force to comment, especially on subjects you are not informed on? Jeezzz!!

Complete the first phase and put trains
on it. Politrickcians and their propaganda.

Eko o ni baje ooo

Progress after Progress

AC is working while PDP is busy looking at vision 2020

OYINBOGOJU: Progress after Progress

I can`t remember any PDP Governor commission new project in the last One year.

um . . . Rivers State Governor, and Enugu State Governors, are PDP Governors.

Kobojunkie:

You seem to be born to lie. Na by force to comment, especially on subjects you are not informed on? Jeezzz!!

taurus21: Another white elephant project....pipe dreams

Do you have to type anything because your state is not developing?

Eko O NI Baje ooo

Kobojunkie:

You seem to be born to lie. Na by force to comment, especially on subjects you are not informed on? Jeezzz!!

LOL coming from Kobo

The thread has already been washed countless times on nairaland, it was even on the front page. Why call me a born lair

https://www.nairaland.com/928874/more-updates-lagos-light-rail

gregg2: Complete the first phase and put trains
on it. Politrickcians and their propaganda.

does it make sense for government to finish one road before moving to another?besides the red line from agbado to marina is part of the entire blueprint.therez about 5more lines to go so get ready to criticize more

Delafruita:
does it make sense for government to finish one road before moving to another?besides the red line from agbado to marina is part of the entire blueprint.therez about 5more lines to go so get ready to criticize more

You know some people can not walk and chew gum at the same time, they are just too ill prepared and function like that. It's like siting around waiting for soup to finish cooking before putting water for gari on top fire.

Some people are just shamefully too daft.

Kobojunkie:

um . . . Rivers State Governor, and Enugu State Governors, are PDP Governors.

What have they commissioned lately?

^ eko ile been a while

And it is shameful for a party to hold the center all these years plus almost three-quarters of the states, and only be able to point to two oil-money bloated states as evidence of work-in-progress. There is no doubt that ACN represents a better working party for Nigeria than the useless PDP.

ACN is not perfect, but can be perfected.

Fashola is achieving what the FG could not achieve in 50+ years of nationhood - twice over.

Eko Ile:
What have they commissioned lately?

We're coming up, nigerians are coming up?

This light rail project is a good example for the delta state leadership headed by governor Emmanuel Uduaghan but quite sadly he will turn his mind to wasteful project that does not reflect development. The Dsc aladja rail project running through Warri, Agbarho, Agbor to Ajaokuta steel industry in kogi was never fired up by the delta state govt. They just seem not to force successive govt to work on the project Uduaghan creates a false impression before deltan that the delta state govt is poor which is completely false.

But_one_day: We're coming up, nigerians are coming up?

My brother you can say that again.

Nice one but its been slow and causing major confusion in lagos badagry expressway and why was the contract not awarded to julius beger

Revolva: Nice one but its been slow and causing major confusion in lagos badagry expressway and why was the contract not awarded to julius beger

My brother does it matter. At least the job is being done