Eko Atlantic
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 25 '25 " N , 3 ° 24' 54" E | ||
 Eko Atlantic within the state of Lagos
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| Country | Nigeria | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | NG-LA | ||
| surface | 25 km² | ||
| Website | www.ekoatlantic.com | ||
Eko Atlantic , officially Nigeria International Commerce City , also known as Eko Atlantic City , is a planned city south of Victoria Island in the Nigerian state of Lagos , which is being built on land that was reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean . The construction of several skyscrapers is planned on the area filled with sand . The ambitious project aims to create a new financial center in Africa. In addition, living space is to be created for around 300,000 people and 150,000 new jobs are to be created, which should relieve the rapidly growing megacity of Lagos .
The raised ground and a dike ( Great Wall of Lagos ), which is supposed to protect the city from the sea, have now been completed. Currently (as of 2019) several high-rise buildings have been built in the area as well as large parts of the road network of the planned city.
Districts
The city should consist of the following 10 districts:
- Harbor Lights
- Business district
- Marina
- Downtown
- Eko Island
- Avenues
- Four bridges
- Eko Drive
- East Side Marina
- Ocean front
overview
Eko Atlantic's development is being carried out as a public-private partnership, with private companies and investors providing funding, while the Lagos government is a strategic partner with the support of the Nigerian government. The contractors are China Communications Construction Group , a dredging and landfill operations company. Consultants are Royal Haskoning (traffic and transport expertise ) and ar + h Architects . South Energyx Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group , was set up specifically to develop the project. The embankment with 100,000 concrete blocks, each weighing five tons, was built with Danish help and should also be able to withstand a storm of the century. Lenders are KBC , BNP Paribas , Fortis and several local banks.
Eko Atlantic aims to meet the demand for financial, commercial, residential and tourist accommodation with an infrastructure that meets modern environmental standards. These standards provide water, waste management, security and transportation systems to the city's residents. The city will also have its own electricity supply as power outages are common in Lagos.
history
Landfill for the project began in 2008. By May 2009, when the project was still in its early stages, around 3,000,000 cubic meters of sand had been poured into the processing area while around 35,000 tons of rock were being delivered to the site.
In 2013, the land was inaugurated at a grand opening. The event was attended by the then Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan , the then Governor of Lagos Babatunde Fashola and the former US President Bill Clinton .
In 2014, the completion of the first buildings in the area was announced for 2016.
criticism
The project has been criticized by local residents as ongoing construction work has led to coastal erosion and overvoltages. As a result, sea water flowed through residential areas, access roads were flooded and electricity pylons were broken off, forcing residents in the area to relocate. The Lagos federal government has also been criticized for not involving people enough in the project. In 2012, 16 people died in floods in the immediate vicinity of the project. Mistakes in the sand filling were later blamed for it. When carrying out the construction work, basic standards were not observed. B. an environmental report is only drawn up 3 years after the start of construction.
According to the developers, the built protective wall will protect the whole of Lagos from flooding and stop the erosion of the coast. Critics claim, however, that tidal waves are merely deflected and cause even worse damage in other places. The British newspaper The Guardian spoke of a "climate apartheid" in this context.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fabian Urech: The Hong Kong of Africa | NZZ . September 2, 2016, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed August 19, 2019]).
- ^ About Us - Eko Atlantic. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Eko Atlantic City: master-planning a brand-new city in Lagos. In: Kohler Designful. September 26, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Clinton: Eko Atlantic City, Destination for Global Investment, Articles | THISDAY LIVE. February 24, 2013, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ^ The Sun News Jonathan, Clinton, Fashola tip Lagos as world tourists' destination. February 24, 2013, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Nigeria's Eko Atlantic open to first residents in 2016 - This is Africa. April 9, 2014, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Nigeria: Fear Grips Eko City as Lekki Residents Experience Sea Rise. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Built on sand: Eko Atlantic City. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ PDP blames sand filling for ocean surge - The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. October 23, 2012, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Eko Atlantic City - Megaproject going astray? | DW | 04/03/2018. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 (German).
- ^ Martin Lukacs: New, privatized African city heralds climate apartheid . In: The Guardian . January 21, 2014, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed August 19, 2019]).