Lagos
State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said the first section of the
multibillion naira lite rail project would be completed in June this year just
as he said that the state government and Okota property owners have agreed to
settle out of court.
Briefing journalists after flagging-off the track-laying
exercise of the blue lite rail at Alaba Suru of Orile Iganmu axis, the governor
said the level of work on the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations
is in advanced state.
His words: “This is what we do with the loan collected by the
state government. We don’t use our loan to pay salaries and other recurrent
expenditure, all we do with our loan is to provide capital projects that would
serve the benefit of the residents.
“When the project is completed, the state would be at par with
other major cities of the world.” He explained that the first section of the
road which begun from National Theatre, Orile-Iganmu to Mile 2 Bus Stop, Amuwo-
Odofin Local Government, would be fully completed with the tracks laid.
“While construction works continue on the rail project from
Orile-Iganmu to Marina, the expansion work on the road from Mile 2 to
Okokomaiko will also be intensified.”
While urging Lagosians to embrace this modern transportation
system, the governor said the rail project is the modern transport system he desires
for the state in the nearest future saying; “My dream transportation system has
begun to manifest in the state.”
The governor also unveiled plans to build a housing estate in
Iganmu under the Lagos Homes Scheme.
Fashola said challenges such as litigation, payment of
compensation and the need to relocate some of the infrastructural facilities
are responsible for the supposed delay in the execution of some of the
projects.
Source:
National Mirror
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