Lagos, FAAN partner to develop new access roads to Lagos airport
The Lagos State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to construct ancillary road infrastructure to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) through Alimosho axis.
The new road network is expected to create seamless vehicular connectivity to the airport.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the newly built international terminal of the airport.
The agreement gives legal backing and concession of right-of-way for the construction of a new perimeter expressway to link Shasha Road to the Airport Complex.
The development is expected to decongest the existing Lagos-Abeokuta corridor, and reduce journey time in commuting to the airport.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, jointly supervised the signing of the agreement by the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, and FAAN Managing Director, Captain Rabiu Yadudu.
Other Lagos cabinet members at the MoU signing ceremony included the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Aramide Adeyoye, and Special Adviser on Public Private Partnership (PPP), Mr. Ope George.
Sanwo-Olu said the partnership with FAAN further testified to a new era of productive collaboration between Lagos and the Federal Government, which was not the case between 1999 and 2015.
The governor said by President Buhari’s commitment, fairness and respectful leadership, Lagos infrastructure story had changed for the better, with the benefits emerging in terms of improved quality of life for the residents.
The perimeter expressway will be constructed in four phases across six local councils, with the first phase spanning 9-km toll road from Shasha to the airport. There will be toll-free alternative route from Shasha towards Agege Motor Road en route airport.
The second phase of the Lagos-FAAN road project will open the airport to northern connection on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Other phases include linkage to Egbe, Isolo, Mushin and Okota roads.
