The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will commission the Ikeja Along flyover on Tuesday, 19 December 2023.

“The completion and commissioning of this flyover (including Yaba and Oyingbo) shows that we are getting closer to the completion of the Red Line Rail Project,” Sanwo-Olu’s media Jubril Gawat tweeted on X.

He added that the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), also the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq will join the Lagos state governor to commission the project.

Meanwhile, Sanwo-Olu in September said the Red Line Rail will be completed before the end of the year 2023.

Sanwo-Olu said this while addressing newsmen after flagging off the commencement of commercial operations of the Lagos Blue Line Rail.

Showing much excitement about the Red Line Rail, the Lagos State governor said the flyover bridges being constructed will be commissioned and opened one after the other from the end of September.

“The Red Line Rail is going to be completed before the end of this year as we are about 95 to 96 percent gone on the project,” Sanwo-Olu said then.

“We are going to start commissioning the flyover bridges maybe by the end of this month, so that passengers and vehicles can start moving on them.

“That is from the Ikeja Along Bridge to Yaba to Ebute-Metta to Mushin and all of that.

“Opening of the bridges will give a signal that the Red Line Rail is coming up and we are almost completing the retro-fitting of the trains.

“We have also started the recruitment of train operators and train managers after which we will start the unveiling of the various stations themselves but I can tell you that the Red Line Rail is actually bigger than the Blue Line.”
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