Mozambique: CFM launches tenders to build shopping centre and multi-storey car park in Maputo

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Mozambique: CFM launches tenders to build shopping centre and multi-storey car park in Maputo

2:14 CAT | 23 Jul 2024

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The company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) intends to build a 400-vehicle four-storey carpark in Maputo by 2035, in a bid to reduce the parking problem in the capital.

CFM architect Marcos Pan told Lusa on Monday that the parkade will be built next to Maputo Central Station and close to the new passenger rail terminal, inaugurated on July 8 by the Mozambican president.

“The area planned for the construction of the automobile silo is 3,280 square metres,” Pan explained, adding that the infrastructure would “reduce parking stress”.

Marcos Pan said that the multi-storey would be a public-private project, where the company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro provides the space to be explored and the private sector would furnish the financing for the materialisation of the project.

In addition to the automobile silo, the company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro plans to build, also by 2035, a shopping centre of at least three floors, in an area of 3,000-4,000 square metres, also located next to Maputo Central Station.

“The shopping centre is not limited in terms of floors, however a minimum of three floors was established to better rationalise the space,” Pan explained, adding that the shopping centre would also be a public-private partnership.

According to the official, private companies interested in financing the two projects must submit proposals by August 8th.

“The construction of the passenger railway terminal, inaugurated by the President of the Republic, is part of a complex that includes the creation of complementary facilities such as the automobile silo, shopping centre and, in the next phase, an office building and intermodal building that will make the connection between the railway and bus terminals in the city centre,” Pan explained.

The passenger rail terminal at the central station in Maputo has tripled its capacity for movement from 25,000 to 75,000 people per day, the Mozambican president said on July 8.

“We welcome the decision to expand the passenger terminal as it allows the capacity to increase from 25,000 passengers to 75,000 per day, thus tripling the current capacity,” President Nyusi said at the opening of the expanded terminal.

According to President Nyusi, CFM invested more than US$600 million (€554 million) in infrastructure, equipment and human resources in the last five years.

“This is an unequivocal sign of the ability to generate financial flow from its recurring operations that support self-financing,” President Nyusi said, inviting local businesspeople to enter into partnerships with the company “whose financial position has been consistently strong”.

Source: Lusa