Mararaba/Nyaya Traffic:

Nasarawa Govt Mulls Light Rail Project to Tackles

The dreaded daily traffic jam on Masaka/Mararaba/Nyaya route to the Federal Capital Territory

(FCT), will be addressed through the construction of light rail, Nasarawa State Governor,

Abdullahi Sule has disclosed.

He said the light rail which will be constructed in collaboration with a foreign firm, is proposed to link Nasarawa State to FCT from Keffi to Apo.

He spoke during the campaign rally for his second term bid in Karu local government on

Wednesday.

Reports have indicated that the traffic congestion along the route had led to the loss of

man-hours with workers resuming late to work daily.

Most of the federal civil servants reside in the axis from where they proceed to work in the FCT

every day.

The expansion of the expressway linking the axis to FCT hardly impacted the traffic flow along

the route.

Gov Sule expressed optimism that the proposed light rail is the leeway needed to put an end to

the problem.

He said the project will be in collaboration between a Chinese firm and the state government.

He explained, “A big Chinese firm has approached us with the intention of collaborating with us

to build a rail line from Apo to Keffi.

“By the time they finish the rail line, it will decongest the major highway from Karu to Keffi