Minister of Transportatio, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the
laying of tracks of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line would start in December.
He also said that Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos would be demolished to
give way for the new railway lines.
Amaechi made the remarks in Lagos when he met with the
Steering Committee of the project and the China Civil Engineering Construction
Company.
The minister said “The two bridges that we may likely
demolish are Jibowu and Costain to give way to the rail lines. But we are
rebuilding them immediately; we are not going to abandon them.
“The challenges will be in the cities like Lagos, Abeokuta
and Ibadan because we have to pay compensation, look at the water pipes, gas
pipes, houses and cables. In Lagos especially, we deal with bridges, electric
cables and water pipes and other assets.”
Amaechi also said that CCECC was consulting with Lagos State
Water Corporation, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, among others, to
facilitate relocation of water and gas pipelines that were parallel to the
railway line.
He added that CCECC would start laying tracks by December in
Lagos, noting that parts of the rail lines that would be used for the project
would arrive the country by end of November.
The minister while inspecting the level of work done, called
for speedy work by CCECC so as to meet the deadline.
He called on Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to
ensure that adequate security was provided for officials of CCECC handling the
construction of the rail line.
He urged the Coordinator of the project, Mr Leo Tim, to
complete the necessary documentation to facilitate the provision of security on
site by relevant security agencies.
The minister visited Ijoko, Papalanto, Itori and Ewekoro
community in Ogun State as part of the monthly site monitoring to ensure the
project met the timeline by December 2018.
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