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Monday, August 8, 2022
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Purple Line Prepare Challenge
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday mentioned that the Purple Line Prepare mission would start a test-run of conveying passengers by January 2023.
Mr Sanwo-Olu mentioned this whereas addressing journalists, after the inspection of the Purple Line Prepare Challenge at Agege, Ikeja, Mushin and Ebute Meta areas of the state.
He assured residents that full operations on the Purple Line mission would begin within the first quarter of 2023.
In response to him, work on the varied places of the practice stations is on observe, therefore, first quarter 2023 operation is sacrosanct.
”We try to make sure that we even exceed the promise that we made, the promise that the operations will begin first quarter 2023.
”So what we’re doing is to make sure that the bodily infrastructure is accomplished by December newest; all stations, all bridges, all walkways, all pedestrian bridges by December, in order that they’ll begin testing.
”Operationally, it is going to take two to a few months, you must examine the sign, examine the senses of all of the signalisation that you’ve got.
“So, we hope that the operations will begin inside the first quarter of 2023. January we are going to begin carrying passengers,” he mentioned.
On the inspection which commenced from Agege-NRC Station the place passengers from Ibadan would be a part of the intra-city practice service to different stations, the governor mentioned that work can be accomplished by October.
He described the Ikeja Station as an iconic station on the Purple Line, assuring that each infrastructure to make the station a first-class was in place and would equally be accomplished by October.
”That station is on a large expanse of about 240 meters; in clear phrases, that’s the dimension of just about three soccer fields.
”It’s at roof degree, it’s going into completion and the entire issues, the entire furnishings that should make it a firstclass practice station are in place, you possibly can see that we’re on observe with it,” Mr Sanwo-Olu mentioned.
For the Mushin practice station and its linking bridge, he mentioned that a number of demolitions have been finished and the state authorities had paid an intensive quantity for buildings affected, therefore, work was in progress.
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