Sanwo-Olu procures additional rolling stocks for Blue, Red lines.

Sanwo-Olu procures additional rolling stocks for Blue, Red lines.

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the government has procured additional rolling stocks for the Blue Line and Red Line rail operations to bring more relief to residents.

The rolling stocks are expected to arrive in Lagos before the end of the year, he noted.

The Lagos team, through its partners, was able to secure an agreement for the additional rolling stocks to be ready and delivered before the end of the year as against the normal two-year period it takes for the construction company to build the coaches.

Governor Sanwo-Olu, during a meeting with President and management of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) at its headquarters in Beijing, China, reiterated his administration’s commitment to completing the second phase of the Blue Line rail project and begin commercial operations of the Red Line.

He said: “We have made requests for additional rolling stocks for the Red Line and Blue Line. That conversation is ongoing.

“We have started making payments and hope that because of our commitment, we will get them before the end of the year.

” It would improve the journey experience of our people. It would improve citizens’ appreciation of what the government is doing to reduce transportation pressure in a big city like Lagos.

“With the new rolling stocks, we will have a more predictable journey time; the commuters and passengers would be more committed and we will see an improvement in the quality of lives and reduction of traffic gridlocks in the city.”

The Governor was accompanied to the meeting by Commissioner for Transportation Oluwaseun Osiyemi; Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo; Chairman of Lagos House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Temitope Adewale; his Environment Parastatals counterpart Rasheed Shabi and other top government officials.

The Governor also inspected one of the project sites of the China Railway Construction Group (CRCG) in Beijing, China. He said the fact-finding mission is connected plans for the construction of some major infrastructural projects, and his determination to increase the infrastructure stock of Lagos, especially in transportation.