All things being equal the new jetty built at the Tin Can Island Port by the Federal Government will take two million commuters off the Lagos gridlock. This was made known on Saturday by the Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, who said that the inauguration of a jetty at the Tin Can Read More…
Infrastructure
CBN supports Lagos Blue Line project with N60bn
Lagos, Oct. 14, 2021 (NAN) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Thursday that it had supported the Lagos State Blue railway line project with N60 billion to facilitate ease of businesses and passengers’ movements in the state. The Director, Development and Finance of the CBN, Mr Phillip Yusuf, disclosed during an inspection of Read More…
Sanwo-Olu assures blue and red lines will be completed by 2022
In picture above: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Director Rail Transportation, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga and others, during an inspection of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line Project at Marina, on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The 2022 deadline set for the completion of Read More…
Muritala Mohammed Way Yaba to be closed for Red Line until January 2022
Commuters to and from Yaba are in for a traffic logjam from October right until after Christmas. This is because the Lagos State Government has announced a three-month diversion of traffic from Yaba for the first phase of the construction of the Red Line railway project. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in Read More…
Fourth Mainland Bridge contract award December – Lagos Govt
In picture above: CONCEPT DRAWING: The Fourth Mainland Bridge in conjunction with existing road networks would establish a primary ring road around Lagos. This ring road will provide alternative traffic routes from Lekki to Ikorodu, Ikeja to Ajah, relieving the 3rd Mainland bridge of its overstretched capacity. Credit: NLE works Lagos State Government is completing Read More…
As the Jide Sanwo-Olu-led govt marks 2nd year, #AGreaterLagos looms large, closer than imagined
Lagos SmartCity is smack on course with 3,000 km of fibre-optic cables being laid, 6,000 km when done How far has Governor Babajide Sanwoolu gone on his journey toward A Greater Lagos? This is the main question that will be answered as the administration begins to mark its second year anniversary as from Tuesday, April Read More…
Lagos-Badagry Expressway not forgotten, project tops 2021 Sukuk funding list – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway rehabilitation/reconstruction project was not forgotten but on the 2021 Sukuk funding priority list. Fashola gave the assurance in Lagos on Saturday during an inspection tour of road projects in the state. He said that major drainage works were ongoing Read More…
Third Mainland Bridge reopens
In fulfilment of the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s assurance, the Lagos State Government has announced the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge to full vehicular movement on both lanes after the completion of the rehabilitation works. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, thanked Lagosians for Read More…
Sanwo-Olu commissions 110-bed maternity home, housing scheme in Badagry
Governor Inaugurates Rehabilitated Medical Institute, Flags Off 5.5km Road Project Badagry – one of the five traditional divisions of Lagos State – reaped bountiful dividends of the development programmes of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. A 110-bed Maternal and Childcare Centre (MCC), School of Anaesthesiology in Badagry General Hospital and 252 units of two bedroom housing Read More…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway ready in phases, carriageway completion in December – Director
Mr Funsho Adebiyi , Nigeria’s Coordinating Director, Highway Construction and Rehabilitation has said that the Lagos-badan Expressway will be completed and totally opened to traffic in December. Adebiyi, who spoke against the backdrop of an inspection tour of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway rehabilitation and reconstruction project, said the dual carriageway would be completed, but the Read More…