Baba Pupa what is the Update on Blue Line, Lagos Rail light Project

I can only say whaooooo!!

Cant wait to drive on this bridge.

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nice move
long live lagos

thats what we wana see

hopefully other zoo-governors across the country will wake up

so ngbatti o kini??

Don't think it's the first cable-stayed bridge design in Nigeria. Think there was one designed for the Bonny river in Port Harcourt.

paddy_lo:

I doubt it will allow merchant ships cause those are shallow lagoon waters

However it should easily allow Ferries and other smaller boats

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Sorry. I confused this waterway with the large body of water that separates the mainland from the island. My memory of Lagos is rather sketchy. Yes, you're quite right; it will be too shallow to allow cargo ships passage through. Are you resident in Lagos? If you wouldn't mind, please post more photographs of developments like this in the future.

eko o ni baje o

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^^ will this be showing on Discovery Channel any time soon?

I think the Bridge is late!! 2010 is the delivery date

Dis Guy:

^^ will this be showing on Discovery Channel any time soon?

Its not special enough to be shown on discovery-I mean ground breaking-has-never-been-done-in-the-world-before.

My Father in heaven I still pray you give delta state a man that is half as competent as Fashola not the demon whose three point agenda is himself, wife and daughter.

babapupa:


It's just funny how these folks don't see any good and capabilities in themselves and other people.

Is this the same paddy lo, on stock market nigeria.com.  The guy who was advising us to buy the over priced Dangote cement shares.

Is this bridge going to be tolled?
I see a bust-up very soon.

vorosmartm:

Its not special enough to be shown on discovery-I mean ground breaking-has-never-been-done-in-the-world-before.

My Father in heaven I still pray you give delta state a man that is half as competent as Fashola not the demon whose three point agenda is himself, wife and daughter.

weel might be the first of its kind in West Africa, fact is this along with others in Nigeria or lets say Lagos can be compiled for maybe a Season in African/lagos Development 3 years down the line, i just hope they are documenting
these things, even a local broadcasting company can use it

AjanleKoko:

Is this bridge going to be tolled?
I see a bust-up very soon.

they will tell us at the last minute (when all the papers have been signed and loans received), and when people mumble they'll accuse them of not wanting development- enemy of progress

I don't know if its just me, but I notice that work on the bridge seems to have stopped, for a while now.

I haven't gone to the Lekki Phase I end of the project recently so I cannot comment.

Maybe Paddy_lo, Gareth, etc can help here.

Eko Ile and Babapupa also "bombard" us with a lot of information and pictures on the activities of the LASG.

Maybe they can also shed some light.

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I thought those chaps aren't based in Nigeria?

Paddy_lo is back in Nigeria.

Eko Ile is definitely in Lagos!

I haven't heard from BabaPupa in a while. I suspect he transmuted into Eko Ile

Oops, Sorry.

BabaPupa is still very much around o!

Paddy,

dem still dey work there?

Paddy those are old pics. Will you be going that way any time soon? Some recent pics would be awesome.

Hmmm. Another bridge for Lagosians to spend most of their lives on like the 3rd mainland bridge.

my world

Why do they need to build a suspension bridge? It's shallow water, and not JB's style. I think those pictures are just for show. I doubt they're building any suspension anything.

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Lets watch and see, it may be a normal bridge but given an aesthetic value with the suspension design

blink182:

^^^
Lets watch and see, it may be a normal bridge but given an aesthetic value with the suspension design

Aesthetic value? The pillars and cables alone can double the cost of the bridge.

AjanleKoko:

Aesthetic value? The pillars and cables alone can double the cost of the bridge.

If it is for aesthetic value, then the material you are costing will not be used, remember the fct gate, it was first made of wood and gradually converted to concrete. So I believe a cheap durable material will be used, the cables could be normal twine, spray painted with metallic paint. No weight on them so they could be really cheap

Guys any updates ?

July 2010. As i type right now the ozumba mbadiwe/falomo link bridge is yet to be completed which isnt very long. 

[size=14pt]Fashola Inspects Ikoyi Bridge Now At 80% Completion[/size]

Dec 18, 2011 - Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Sunday inspected the state of work at the 1.35 kilometre Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge which is currently at 80 percent completion.

The first of its kind Cable Stay Bridge, with Pylons that will be 90 metres high, which will connect Admiralty Way in Lekki to the Osborne Road end in Ikoyi, is conceptualized to ease traffic at the corridor and make travelling between the two high-brow communities easier.

It is being handled by Julius Berger, one of the leading construction giants in the country, whose Project Manager, Mr. Christian Moessman, led the Governor and his entourage to walk through the project. Other top officials of Julius Berger present were the Division Manager Mr. Wolfgang Loesser, Operations Manager, Mr. Thomas Haag and Contract Co-ordinator, Engineer Nath Ikem.

The Governor had earlier, in company of his Works and Infrastructure Commissioner, Dr. Femi Hamzat, Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Engineer Ganiyu Johnson, Special Adviser, Private Public Participation (PPP), Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, inspected the Lekki-Epe Toll Plaza 2 and the on-going alternative road that will run through Chevron Road to the back of Olorunshola Estate and back on the Expressway.

He expressed satisfaction at the quality of work done on the road which is at 50 percent completion and was certain that government would expedite action on its completion.