Only 250,000 people can live in Eko Atlantic -Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has stated that
only 250,000 people can live in the state’s new city under construction,
Eko Atlantic after its completion.
The governor stated this while speaking at an event in City Hall, Lagos to mark his 1,900 days in office as governor.
He was represented by Lagos Attorney-General, Ade Ipaye.
According to him, on completion, the new city would accomodate
150,000 commuters daily but that it would not have any form of flooding
or any overflowing of water from the atlantic ocean unlike experienced
at the Bar Beach coastline along Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.
He added that the area reclaimed from the lagoon had been expanded to
3,081,050 square meter as at June, 2012, while the volume of sand
pumped has risen to 8,081,050 cubic meters, but that the overall area
for reclamation was 1,037.763 hectares.
Fashola added that the implementation of the Bus Rapid Transport(BRT) scheme has helped in reducing traffic congestion.
He noted that 39million commuters had been transported to various destinations since the scheme commenced five years ago.
He disclosed that BRT would soon get to Ikorodu and other parts of Lagos.
However, he stated that the state was planning to reclaim all lands
under the flyover bridges from ‘illegal squatters’ and miscreants under
its Greening Programme aimed to beautify the environment.
“Today, several thousands of jobs have been created through the various beautification projects,” he said.
