Anambra commissions Canadian firm to design masterplan for rail lines…
Written by City Radio on September 13, 2023
The Anambra State Government says it has commissioned the designing of a masterplan for the construction of rail lines to ease transportation and boost the state economy.
The General Manager, Anambra State Bureau of Public Procurement, Okey Ezeobi, made the disclosure while speaking with reporters in Awka on Tuesday.
Mr Ezeobi said that Governor Charles Soludo’s administration had contracted a Canadian-based infrastructure advisory organisation, CPCS Transcom Limited, to prepare and design the rail lines masterplan for the state.
He said the rail lines would run from Onitsha, the state’s commercial hub, to Ihiala, targeting the Oseokwa Port through Nnewi, Igbo-Ukwu, Ekwulobia, Oko down to Umunze, the border town to Abia and Imo.
According to him, a rail line will run to Awka and another through Anambra North, heading towards the state’s boundary with Kogi.
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