Lagos State Government has shifted the commencement of construction of the $3 billion Green Line rail project to December 2025.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, who revealed the update in a statement posted on the official X account of the Lagos State Government on Monday, had in April announced that the construction would begin before the end of the year. LASG To Construct Green Line Rail Before December

When completed, the rail will connect Marina to the Lekki corridor. The 70-kilometre Green Line will run from Marina to the Lekki Free Trade Zone, featuring 17 stations along a mix of elevated and at-grade tracks. The line begins at Marina, passes through Victoria Island, joins the Lekki-Epe Expressway, and continues through Ajah, Sangotedo, and Lekki Free Zone.

The rail project is expected to take two to three years to complete and will be implemented in phases.

The first phase will cover the stretch from Lekki First Tollgate to Epe, while the second phase, starting from Marina, will feature an on-water segment.

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Osiyemi noted that extensive feasibility studies and stakeholder consultations have been carried out along the Lekki-Epe corridor in preparation for the project.

“The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Seun Osiyemi, remarked that the government had done a lot of stakeholder engagements as well as a lot of feasibility studies along the Lekki-Epe Expressway Corridor because the Green Line project will commence in December.  

“He explained that the Green Line project would take about two to three years and would begin from Marina all the way to Epe, saying the projects would come in phases, with the first phase from Lekki First Tollgate to Epe and the second Phase from Marina would be on the water,” the statement read in part.”