A cable car company, Ropeways Transport Limited, is set to make a name
for itself in the history of Nigeria by launching a cable car mass urban
transit system in the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos.
This
followed the signing of a 30-year franchise agreement between Ropeways
Transport Limited, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
(LAMATA) and the Lagos State government recently.
Under the terms
of the agreement, Ropeways Transport will this November begin the
construction of towers, stations and connecting network cables along
various routes covered in the first phase of the project, namely, Ijora –
Iddo, Iddo – Adeniji; Apapa – Oluwole, Oluwole – Adeniji, Adeniji –
Obalende, Obalende – Falomo, and Falomo – Victoria Island. The project
is expected to be fully completed and commissioned by early 2015.
The
Lagos cable car transit system would provide an alternative means of
mass transportation in the city and it will help ease the current
transportation hassles in Lagos
