Mozambique: 14 more toll roads on the cards for the coming years

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Mozambique: 14 more toll roads on the cards for the coming years

5:25 CAT | 11 Jul 2024

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: A Verdade]

The government intends to concession 14 roads or sections to private or public-private managers in the coming years. In total, the roads and sections cover just over 1,600 km, most of which are located in the provinces of Nampula and Maputo, according to data from the Road Fund. With the concession, the roads must have tolls, where users will be forced to pay for use.

In Maputo province, National Road Number Three (N3) will be concessioned, between Impaputo and Goba, a 31 km section; on the N2, the section between Matola-Boane-Namaacha with 66 km (with a daily vehicle frequency estimated at 8,300); on the N1 and also in Maputo province, the government intends to concession the Marracuene Xai-Xai section with 190 km and used daily by 4,400 vehicles.

In Gaza province, the executive intends to hand over the 64 km section between Xai-Xai and Zandamela to public-private management.

In Inhambane province, the 177 km section between Zandamela and Maxixe will be concessioned on the N1, with close to 2,000 users per day. The N5, which connects Lindela and the city of Inhambane, over a length of 23 km, with just over 2,500 users per day, may also be concessioned.

In central Mozambique, three roads or sections may be concessioned by the government as soon as private partners are found. This Includes the N1, in the 189 km section, in Sofala, which runs from Vila Franca do Save to Inchope. It is attended by 943 users per day. The executive will also hand over the N7 to private management, on the section between Vanduzi-Changara, with a length of 265 km and with more than 2,400 users per day. Still in the centre of the country, the government is considering concessioning the 151 km section of EN1, between Namacura-Nampevo, in Zambézia province, with around 900 vehicles per day.

In the north of the country the government intends to grant concessions for five roads or sections, most of which are located in Nampula province. This includes the N1 between Ligonha and Nampula, with 92 km, with around 950 vehicles traveling daily and the section of N1 between Nampula and Namialo with 89 km and with more than 4,000 vehicles.

Still in Nampula province, the executive also intends to concession the N12 that connects Nacala to Namialo, 104 km long and with around 1,500 vehicles traveling daily. It will also concession the N13 that connects Ribaue and Nampula, a length of 133 km. The road has more than 1,100 vehicles per day.

Finally, in Cabo Delgado province, the government intends to grant a concession for the N1, from Metoro to Pemba, over a length of 93 km, with more than 1,600 vehicles per day.

To better invest in these roads or sections, concessionaires should install tolls so that motorists contribute within the scope of the user-pays principle.

Currently there are three national road concessionaires, namely: Trans African Concessions (TRAC), which has since 1997 been operating the N4 between Maputo and South Africa; Sociedade Estradas do Zambeze, which has since 2011 been operating 700 km of roads in Tete province, namely, N7, N8, N9 and N304; and the Rede Viária de Moçambique (REVIMO), which manages the Maputo Ring Road, the N200, the N1 from Maputo to Ponta do Ouro, the N6 between Beira and Machipanda, the road that connects Marracuene and Macaneta, the R 453 road between Macia and Praia do Bilene, the N101 which connects Macia and Chokwé and, finally, Rua 448 which connects Chokwé and Macarretane.

By Evaristo Chilingue

Source: Carta de Moçambique