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Fri, Mar

Lagos State Govt Launches Boats & Large-Ferry Apps

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Three days after the Okada-ban, Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwoolu launches a new mobile Boat Hailing applications which will enable users to book Ferry Services via their mobile devices.

The launch of the mobile app and the ferry services falls in line with the dream of the state government to integrate road, rail and waterway to achieve efficient inter-modal public transportation system that will move millions of residents seamlessly across the state.

According to the Lagos state governor, the purpose of the ferry services is to provide an effective and integrated transportation system for commuters.

Water transportation is one of the intermodal transportation tripods we are committed to developing as a strategy to reduce congestion on our roads which accounts for over 90 per cent of commuting in Lagos State.”

... “there must be interconnectivity of the rail, road and water transportation systems.

“However, the narrative of water transportation in Lagos is set to change as we are set to take full advantage of the water bodies that nature has endowed us with, to decongest our roads and substantially reduce travel time, promote a healthy environment through the reduction of carbon emission,” .

The governor assured that measures have been put in place to ensure safety on the waterways through the empowerment of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) to effectively discharge its monitoring and regulatory duties.

Managing director of LagFerry, Ladi Balogun assured the launch will chart a new course for water transportation in Lagos.

Water transportation is an integral component to the development of the Lagos multi-modal transport system; we have no doubt that the waterways will offer a further solution to persistent gridlock on our roads and the ever-growing transport demand in the state.

“We are working in hand with the private sectors, local and international ferries builders with the support of Mr Governor to acquire more ferries to cover all the Forty (40) waterways routes before the end of the year 2020,”.

The boats have the capacity to ferry 40 to 60 passengers per trip and will commute passengers across the following water routes: Ikorodu – Ebute Ero/Elegbata – CMS/Marina, Ikorodu – Five Cowries Ferry Terminal (Falomo, Ikoyi.), Badore – Addax Jetty (Victoria Island), Five Cowries Ferry Terminal (Falomo, Ikoyi), Ebute Ojo – Ijegun Egba – CMS/Marina, Mile 2 – Liverpool (Apapa) – CMS/Marina, Badore – Ijede.

Sixteen additional boats are to be launched later this year to further strengthen operations of the Lagos State Ferry (LagFerry) which commenced commercial services with 14 new boats on seven routes across the state on Tuesday. With the 16 boats, the state hopes to increase the number of boats in LagFerry’s fleet to 30 before the end of 2020.

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