Lagos to begin construction of Marina, Mile 2 interchange in 2024

The Lagos State Government has announced that it will begin the construction of the Marina and Mile 2 interchanges in the year 2024.

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), in a statement, said its Managing Director, Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo announced on Tuesday.

Akinajo said this when key players from the transport sub-sector, from both the public and private sectors, converged at Four Points by Sheraton for the Lagos Transport Fest to discuss the future of mobility in Nigeria.

The LAMATA M.D in her presentation entitled “Lagos Blue Line, The Journey So Far, What next?” illuminated on the path towards the Blue Line’s operation.

“She also unveiled plans to commence the construction of transport interchanges at Marina and Mile 2 in 2024, aiming to seamlessly integrate all transport modes,” LAMATA said.

Additionally, she revealed that the agency plans to give priority to Non-Motorized Transport option in its future infrastructure projects.

The event brought a broad spectrum of transportation industry practitioners including shipping and logistics and other stakeholders including the CEO, Lagos Bus Services Limited, Mr Idowu Oguntona and CEO T40, Mariam Hamidou.

Other attendees were the Business Development Manager Mass Transit, Interswitch Group, Nnenna Ajanwachukwu, VP Project & Infrastructure of Oando plc and Country Manager, Uber Nigeria, Tope Akinwunmi, among others.