The success of the Red rail line, like the Blue line, marks the power of vision, resilience, and continuity in government.
– President Tinubu formed LAMATA in 2000 to come up with a template to solve the crisis of transportation in the state
– Reports out there say Lagos loses over N4trn annually to traffic congestion as thousands of productive hours are lost in “go slow” every other day.
– BRT, Waterway, and most importantly seven new rail lines were proposed by the agency with all designs put in place to serve astemplatese for successive governments.
– While BRT lanes were built across the state and commissioned in 2007 by the administration of Baba Fash, financing and bureaucratic hurdles continuously delayed the implementation of the railways plans.
– The intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari was key as Governor Sanwoolu rounded up both Blue and Red Rail lines under 5 years between 2019 and 2024.
– President Tinubu is back in Lagos to witness the harvest of the seed he sowed two decades ago.