Keyamo Approves Monorail Design for Lagos Airport Link
The Federal Government has approved the design for a five-station monorail intended to connect the Ikeja Railway Station with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, announced the approval on October 20, stating that the project will provide a direct rail link from the Lagos Red Line terminus at Ikeja to the airport.
The monorail will terminate at the new MMIA Terminal 1, which is currently under reconstruction. The design was approved during a meeting that included the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku, and engineering teams from both the ministry and FAAN.
Keyamo mentioned that the proposed rail link will feature five stations: Ikeja Station, Domestic Airport Station, Beesam Station, Toll Gate Station, and MMI Airport Station, marking it as a crucial component of the reconstruction of the MMIA.
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