STEP UP 4D: Lagos Moves to Introduce Cable Cars for Mass Transportation as Okada Replacement

In what looks likes the Lagos State government's arrangement towards
getting a replacement for the commercial motorcycle transport system
(popularly called Okada), a cable car company, Ropeways Transport
Limited, is set to launch a cable car mass urban transit system in the
nation's commercial capital.


This is as a result of the signing of a 30-year Franchise Agreement by
Ropeways Transport Limited, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport
Authority (LAMATA) and the Lagos State Government recently.


According to the Tribune, which reported the story, under the terms of
the agreement, Ropeways Transport will this November begin the
construction of towers, stations and connecting network cables along
various routes covered in the first phase of the project, namely,
Ijora–Iddo, Iddo–Adeniji, Apapa–Oluwole, Oluwole–Adeniji,
Adeniji–Obalende, Obalende–Falomo, and Falomo–Victoria Island, just as
the project is expected to be fully completed and commissioned by
early 2015.


Speaking on the development, the Chief Executive Officer of Ropeways
Transport Limited, Capt. Dapo Olumide expressed his belief that
theLagos cable car transit system would provide an alternative means
of masstransportation in the city and it will help ease the current
transportation hassles in Lagos and help restore dignity to commuting
because the current situation hampers economic development within the
city and negatively impacts the quality of life of its residents.