The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the Red Line Rail project will be ready for use as an alternative means of transportation for Lagosians before the end of his first term in office.
The governor gave the assurance on Tuesday while speaking to journalists at Oyingbo in Lagos after an inspection tour of the ongoing Red Line Rail project and vehicular overpass bridges at Yaba and Oyingbo train stations.
Sanwo-Olu was accompanied on the tour by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; the Managing Director of the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, and some cabinet members of his administration.
The governor said, “We believe we are still on track. We believe it should be ready before the end of our first term depending on when we want to commission it. We will be doing a lot of testing, and signalisation because these road tracks will also be working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, operating a train from Ebute-Meta in Lagos to Ibadan. We need to be able to harmonize a lot of signalisation between our rail infrastructure and the Nigerian Railway Corporation rail infrastructure.
