Lagos State governor Mr. Babajide Sanwwo-Olu has appealed to residents of the state to exercise patience on the completion of the 37-kilometre-long Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project.
The governor said this when he undertook a comprehensive inspection of the Red Line infrastructure, traversing the major stations of the rail project along with the state deputy governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the state cabinet.
The governor said the project will not open to the public until all stations are completed, though the construction work is almost at finishing stage. He noted that there was the need to be furnished and put safety features in place.
Sanwo-Olu also inspected retrofitting work on Talgo train coaches waiting to be deployed for the Red Line operation. The trains are being equipped in Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) compound, Mobolaji Johnson Station, in Ebute Metta.
Construction of the Red Line project, which was conceived and started by the Sanwo-Olu administration is being executed by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). The rail project starts from Agbado and terminates in Oyingbo.
Sanwo-Olu kicked off the tour with the visit to Agbado at a boundary town with Ogun state, where he took stock of the development of the rail terminal being built hundreds of metres away from the Lateef Jakande Station.
Be patient on 37-kilometre red line project, Sanwo-Olu tells Lagosians
