The Sodor & Mainland Railway town of Ballahoo via Rolf's Castle and Crovan's Gate, but never actually reached the mainland due to lack of money and misfortunes. The plan to extend to the Mainland via Vicarstown failed when the tunnel under construction through the Balahoo Ridge collapsed and plans to build a bridge across the Walney Channel was halted by the Admiralty (who ironically in World War I became the driving force behind the unification of Sodor's railways and completion of the same link to the mainland that they hindered the S&M in building). The S&M did, at one time plan to build a western
Lagos International Trade Fair at the Tafawa Balewa Square; the Lagos Creative Industry Fair which will hold at Freedom Park; and the Business to Business Exhibition which will hold at Muson Centre. Eko Akete is a ten-day cultural manifestation during which hundreds of performers animate Freedom Park, Lagos with artistic and intellectual offerings. Both indigenous and international acts perform in what is said to be the biggest cultural fair in West Africa. According to the Creative Industry Principal Partner, Jahman Anikulapo, "Lagos Creative Festival 'EKO AKETE' organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in conjunction with CORA and Freedom Park will be