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December 14th, 2006, 02:31 PM
By John Ighodaro
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
CALABAR—The Cross River State government has signed a $25million contract agreement for an initial 12kilometre Mono Rail Project in Calabar.
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The project which is expected to be completed within a year will link the Margraret Ekpo International Airport with the Tinapa Business Resort and Free Zone,to ease vehicular traffic of tourists from the Calabar metropolis when Tinapa officially opens.
The state government signed the contract with Africa Export Import Bank (AFREXIM Bank) at the Governor's Office in Calabar.
Governor Donald Duke in a remark after the agreement had been signed said the ceremony was yet another signpost of the state government's irreversible commitment to the development of TINAPA into a world class business and leisure resort.
His words: "This Mono Rail link is being put inplace to ensure continued free movement of vehicular traffic within the Calabar metropolis regardless of the expected inflow of over 3 million visitors annually to TINAPA.
"The rail gives added value to both the TINAPA Resort and the modern development of the Calabar metropolis because it will ensure that visitors to and from the resort are transported by a direct light rail link under 15 minutes to and from the airport. Needless to add that we are also laying today the foundation for the expansion, in the near future,of this initial 12-kilometre line into a public lightrail system that links various parts of the fast-growing Calabar Metropolis and helps to take some of the inevitable pressure off Calabar Cityroads, Duke added.
source is http://odili.net/news/source/2006/dec/12/312.html
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
CALABAR—The Cross River State government has signed a $25million contract agreement for an initial 12kilometre Mono Rail Project in Calabar.
advertisement
The project which is expected to be completed within a year will link the Margraret Ekpo International Airport with the Tinapa Business Resort and Free Zone,to ease vehicular traffic of tourists from the Calabar metropolis when Tinapa officially opens.
The state government signed the contract with Africa Export Import Bank (AFREXIM Bank) at the Governor's Office in Calabar.
Governor Donald Duke in a remark after the agreement had been signed said the ceremony was yet another signpost of the state government's irreversible commitment to the development of TINAPA into a world class business and leisure resort.
His words: "This Mono Rail link is being put inplace to ensure continued free movement of vehicular traffic within the Calabar metropolis regardless of the expected inflow of over 3 million visitors annually to TINAPA.
"The rail gives added value to both the TINAPA Resort and the modern development of the Calabar metropolis because it will ensure that visitors to and from the resort are transported by a direct light rail link under 15 minutes to and from the airport. Needless to add that we are also laying today the foundation for the expansion, in the near future,of this initial 12-kilometre line into a public lightrail system that links various parts of the fast-growing Calabar Metropolis and helps to take some of the inevitable pressure off Calabar Cityroads, Duke added.
source is http://odili.net/news/source/2006/dec/12/312.html