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Nigeria- The World Bank in collaboration with the Department for International Development, has advised Nigeria to adopt a systematic approach in its bid to rehabilitate her railway system after unsuccessful attempts to make the system functional and efficient.
According to Daily Independent, the world bank advised that the rehabilitation that was going then should be restricted to the Eastern and Western rail lines for the time being.
It said the threshold traffic density for economic viability would materialise only on parts of western and eastern lines.
“It is, therefore, recommended that only such parts of the length of the track on these two lines be rehabilitated initially (Lagos to Kano and Port Harcourt to Jos and Kaduna). The rehabilitation of the rest of the main line should be carried out a few years later or carried out by using second-hand released materials, so that investments per route kilometer is substantially lower.”
Other pieces of advice from the bank were; that the East-West line connecting Lagos to Enugu/Umuahia (800km) and Calabar to Aba (150km) should be evaluated for financial viability based on projected traffic volumes and preferably built on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis with minimum support from the Federal Government to fill the viability gap; that Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge line to Baro with an interchange with narrow gauge system at Baro, should be evaluated for financial and economic viability.
“The narrow gauge connection between Apapa and Tincan Island (seven km) and between Port Harcourt and Onne (19km) may be constructed either on PPP basis or funded by the Federal Government after a financial and economic viability evaluation is carried out,” the Bank said.
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According to Daily Independent, the world bank advised that the rehabilitation that was going then should be restricted to the Eastern and Western rail lines for the time being.
It said the threshold traffic density for economic viability would materialise only on parts of western and eastern lines.
“It is, therefore, recommended that only such parts of the length of the track on these two lines be rehabilitated initially (Lagos to Kano and Port Harcourt to Jos and Kaduna). The rehabilitation of the rest of the main line should be carried out a few years later or carried out by using second-hand released materials, so that investments per route kilometer is substantially lower.”
Other pieces of advice from the bank were; that the East-West line connecting Lagos to Enugu/Umuahia (800km) and Calabar to Aba (150km) should be evaluated for financial viability based on projected traffic volumes and preferably built on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis with minimum support from the Federal Government to fill the viability gap; that Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge line to Baro with an interchange with narrow gauge system at Baro, should be evaluated for financial and economic viability.
“The narrow gauge connection between Apapa and Tincan Island (seven km) and between Port Harcourt and Onne (19km) may be constructed either on PPP basis or funded by the Federal Government after a financial and economic viability evaluation is carried out,” the Bank said.
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#Nigeria #WorldBank
