The Lagos State Government plans to deliver its Regional Road Project in Lekki within the next two years.
 
The road runs parallel to the Lekki-Epe Expressway, and it is expected to ease the perennial traffic gridlock along the Lekki corridor and serve as a precursor to the Fourth Mainland Bridge.
 
Speaking at the stakeholders’ engagement meeting with residents of  Eti-Osa Local Government, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako said the regional road was conceived by the Lagos State Government in the Lagos Metropolitan Master Plan (1980-2000) and also identified in the 1991 Layout Approval issued by the state government as a strategy to engender the socio-economic development of Lekki corridor.
 
He added that other roads that were identified are the Coastal Road, Lekki- Epe Expressway, Southern part of Elegushi Land, and Lagoon Highway…
 
More details through:
https://thenationonlineng.net/lagos-unveils-lekki-regional-road-to-reduce-travel-time/
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As some retail and e-commerce firms are increasing operations to meet customers’ necessities and home deliveries, there is now a surge in demand for warehouse space.
 
The industry is benefitting from the dislocation of commercial and social activities resulting in increasing demand for goods bought online. It also fuels the need for distribution facilities at a pace that’s higher than the market has seen previously and high demands in warehousing due to increasing demand for delivery service.
 
Although there is less construction of new warehouses, people are presently converting their properties to mid-sized warehouses. Before now, when there is no high demand for warehouses, some people converted their warehouses to churches as some churches today are occupying warehouses, but now reverse is the case as people are converting from other uses to warehouses because of the high demands…
 
More details through:
https://guardian.ng/property/economic-uncertainty-triggers-demand-for-warehouse-space/
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The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved additional funding of €12.33 million for the Abidjan-Lagos Highway corridor project.  In a statement on Wednesday, the bank said the funds would be used to cover “part of the costs related to the study of the Abidjan-Lagos Motorway corridor development project.”
 
The road corridor links cities across five West African countries, namely Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. The statement on the AfDB website read: "The Abidjan-Lagos project, an important regional trade, and transport corridor provide a link between economically-dynamic cities in Africa, namely Abidjan, Accra, Cotonou, Lomé, and Lagos…
 
More details through:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/afdb-approves-e12-33-for-abidjan-lagos-highway/

The Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project is 90 percent complete, the Federal Government said on Thursday.
 
Outgoing Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Sabiu Zakari, said this at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja while handing over to a new Permanent Secretary, Hussaini Adamu.
 
Presenting his stewardship at the ministry, Zakari expressed happiness that it was during his tenure that cardinal projects such as Abuja-Kaduna light rail train service was completed and put to use…
 
More details through:
https://punchng.com/lagos-ibadan-rail-project-90-complete-says-fg/
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The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has received Maersk’s first direct service container ship from Far East at the Onne Port in Rivers State.
 
The vessel, a gearless 4,800 24-feet Equivalent Unit (TEU) capacity carrier, sailed into Onne Port with Maersk Line flagship under its FEW3 service, thereby becoming the first Maersk vessel to call at Onne Port without first calling at any Lagos port.
 
WACT’s Commercial Manager, Noah Sheriff, said with the development, the FEW3 service has started. He said the company, with its Mobile Harbour Cranes, has been positioned to handle such vessels…
 
More details through:
https://thenationonlineng.net/history-as-maersk-lines-first-direct-service-ship-berths-at-onne/
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Following the earlier announced terminal capacity expansion project, APM Terminals Nigeria said its perfecting plans to put US$100 million investment into the acquisition of 20 new rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT).
 
This was in line with the recently announced plans by WACT to upgrade its container handling operation from reach stackers to RTGs in order to achieve greater stacking density, increase throughput, and productivity.
 
“This is part of our earlier announced expansion of the existing terminal capacity, a US$100 million investment, that started last year and that will be fully in place shortly. The expansion plan will deliver sufficient capacity to meet the envisaged growth in East Nigeria for the next 15 years,” said Mohammed Ahmed, managing director of APMT Nigeria…
 
More details through:
https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/apmt-nigeria-to-invest-us100m-in-acquisition-of-20-new-cranes-for-wact/
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Nigeria’s biggest city has partially banned the use of motorcycle taxis following an escalating number of fatal accidents, dealing a blow to Softbank Group Corp.-backed OPay and a potential boost to Uber Technologies Inc.
 
The Lagos State Government cracked down on the popular way to dodge traffic congestion in the commercial capital of Africa’s most populous country, calling the bikes and their three-wheel equivalents a “menace” that are responsible for “scary figures” regarding loss of lives. Drivers ignore traffic laws and allow criminals to use the ride-hailing services as getaway vehicles, Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, said in an emailed statement…
 
More details through:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/nigeria-s-biggest-city-to-ban-motorbike-taxis-in-boost-to-uber
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A German firm, Liebherr Group, has delivered mobile harbour cranes and other equipment valued at over $20m to Nigeria’s maritime logistics firm, Sifax Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited.
 
According to Sifax Group, the new equipment acquired are five shore cranes, nine reach stackers, 10 terminal tractors, five Nissan pickup vehicles, four trailer backs and other machinery…
 
More details through:
https://punchng.com/sifax-gets-20m-german-mobile-harbour-cranes/
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The Federal Government will deploy 350 wagons and 36 coaches on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line and will increase the frequency of free train rides on the route from December 21, 2019.
 
According to the Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, the Federal Government had also concluded arrangements to connect the already constructed Warri-Itakpe railway to the Abuja-Kaduna line…
 
More details through:
https://punchng.com/lagos-ibadan-railway-fg-to-deploy-350-wagons-36-coaches/
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Russian firms for the modernisation and development of railway infrastructure.

The MoU also covers the rehabilitation of existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) rolling stock-fleet and upgrading of workshops across the country. Mr Israel Ibeleme, the media aid to the Minister disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The two Russian firms are Joint Stock Company Russian Railway (JSCRR) and Transmash Holding, a private rolling stock manufacturing company.
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https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/amaechi-signs-mou-on-rail-modernisation-with-2-russian-firms/g0wvq69