A cable car company, Ropeways Transport Limited, is set to launch a cable car mass urban transit system in the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos.
This followed the signing of a 30-year Franchise Agreement between Ropeways Transport Limited, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and the Lagos State Government recently.
Under the terms of the Agreement, Ropeways Transport will in November begin the construction of towers, stations and connecting network cables along various routes covered in the fi rst phase of the project, namely, Ijora – Iddo, Iddo – Adeniji, Apapa – Oluwole, Oluwole – Adeniji, Adeniji – Obalende, Obalende – Falomo, and Falomo – Victoria Island. The project is expected to be fully completed and commissioned by early 2015.
Speaking on this development, the Chief Executive Offi cer of Ropeways Transport Limited, Capt. Dapo Olumide expressed his belief that the Lagos cable car transit system would provide an alternative means of mass transportation in the city as it will help ease the current transportation hassles in Lagos and help restore dignity to commuting because the current situation hampers economic development within the city and negatively impacts the quality of life of its residents. “By complementing existing transport modes, the Lagos Cable Car Transit System will play its part in reducing the traffi c congestion in the city” he said.
According to him, studies show that Lagos will become the world’s 3rd largest city with 25million inhabitants by 2015, with approximately 12 million daily passenger movements and trips in the Lagos Metropolitan Area, set to increase at a rate of six per cent per annum. “The existing metropolitan highway infrastructure is severely constrained, with journeys to and from work within the city regularly exceeding three hours.
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Posted: at 4-02-2013 10:10 AM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
steveoneal at 4-02-2013 02:36 PM (11 years ago) (m)
,, nice intention,,,, make dem dey sure say light dey and constant,,, make people no dey hang inside air,,, or make provision for solar,,, or stanby generators ,, otherwise, na catastrophy dem go cause oooo
Posted: at 4-02-2013 02:36 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
blessedigho at 4-02-2013 03:04 PM (11 years ago) (m)
Good plan what about the rail system initially proposed? I like the idea but the major problem of poor road transportation system in Lagos and the across the nation is lack of development and rules governing the road users, Lagos need more road channels and over head bridges like developed cities compare to New york, Paris, Madrid, Lodon Tokyo and many others. The cars in Lagos is a fraction compared to the cars in Europeans cities but there are no hold up like the one you see in Lagos. I think the problem of poor road network in Nigeria has something to do with the authorities, if the authorities are inspiring leaders whom encourage new development as their priority, poor road transportation would have been forgotten.
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