FAAN Signs MoU with Lagos Govt to Construct New Toll Road along MMIA
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Lagos state government for the new Airport Alimosho Bypass Project (AABP).
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, signed on behalf of FAAN, while Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, signed for his state.
The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday when President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the new MMIA Terminal 2.
The AABP is a four-phase project to decongest traffic on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
The 9km four-lane toll road along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport perimeter is the first phase.
The second phase involves northern connection to the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway; phase three is the southern connection to Egbe road, and phase four is the southern extension to Isolo and Okota roads.
The AABP is aimed at easing traffic congestion on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway and its environs.
“It entails the construction of a new 9Km toll dual carriageway express road from Shasha road to the airport toll road with immense commercial and economic benefits on completion.”
“It will increase revenue generated, reduction in travel time and vehicle operating costs, coupled with a reduction in accident occurrences just to mention a few,” the AABP document read.
The governor informed the gathering that Lagos State Government was forming a partnership with FAAN towards ensuring that the new international terminal enjoys easy access which would be achieved by creating a bypass, the Airport – Alimosho Bypass Project, to create an alternative route to the airport.
“Earlier today, President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the new MMIA Terminal 2.
“Lagos State Government used the occasion to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to construct ancillary road infrastructure that will create seamless vehicular connectivity to the airport through Alimosho axis. The development is expected to decongest the existing Lagos-Abeokuta corridor, and reduce journey time.”
“The delivery of the new terminal is long-overdue. With this achievement, President Buhari has re-written the infrastructure narrative of Lagos, Southwest region, as well as the nation.
“We are very grateful to the Federal Government for seeing to the completion of the new terminal almost 43 years after the old terminal was built.
The new terminal is a worthy complement to the various transportation and road infrastructure projects of the Lagos State Government, such as the Red and Blue Lines of our Rail network, which we are working very hard to deliver as soon as possible,” the governor said in Facebook update on Tuesday evening.