China Civil Engineering Development Company (CCECC) the contractor accountable for laying tracks on the Japanese Slender Railway mission, has introduced that it has accomplished tracks laying on the Port Harcourt to Aba part of the hall.
CCECC disclosed this through an announcement revealed on the official website of the development firm on Wednesday.
- “New yr, new progress! The tracks laying from Port Harcourt to Aba on the Nigeria Japanese Slender-Gauge Railway mission has been accomplished,” the assertion learn partly.
Recall that Nairametrics reported that the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Company, Fidet Okhiria, in an end-of-year interactive session held in Lagos, had assured that the tracks laying from Port Harcourt to Aba on the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri hall can be prepared in 15 days.
The Japanese Slender-Gauge Railway is a crucial element of the nation’s railway community which may significantly enhance connectivity between native railways, ports, and cities.
The laying of tracks on the Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri Railway hall is ongoing, possessing the nice potential to contribute to the nation’s economic system and social improvement upon its completion.
What it’s best to know
- Recall that in 2022, Nairametrics had reported that the then Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi had introduced the graduation of reconstruction of the Japanese Slender Railway.
- On March 10, 2021, the Federal Authorities agreed with a syndicate of Chinese language financers to kickstart a $3 billion rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Japanese Railway mission.
- The Federal Authorities is anticipated to offer 15 per cent of the $3 billion rehabilitation and reconstruction price, whereas the Chinese language syndicate takes up the remainder.
- In September 2023, the Transport Minister, Saidu Alkali, decried the sluggish tempo of CCECC on the reconstruction of the Japanese Railway hall, attributing it to the contractor’s use of the handbook alignment technique of observe laying.
- The Japanese Railway, when accomplished will join Rivers, Imo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe, and Borno States by rail.
