Mozambique: Revimo suspends four tollgates in Gaza – AIM

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Mozambique: Revimo suspends four tollgates in Gaza – AIM

5:33 CAT | 29 May 2025

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The Mozambique Road Network (Revimo) company has suspended the collection of tolls at four tollgates in the southern province of Gaza, and not just the three that President Daniel Chapo had announced on Tuesday.

Cited in Thursday’s issue of the independent daily “O Pais”, Revimo spokesperson Sergio Nhancale said the decision was taken largely because the flow of traffic along Gaza roads was much smaller than anticipated.

The tollgates were built about two years ago, and it was expected that the tolls would result in healthy collection of revenue. Nhancale said this did not happen, despite the rehabilitation of Gaza roads. As a result, Revimo was losing money on the four tollgates.

Nhancale said “the projection was for an increase in traffic, which is the main factor for the viability of the business. But what was projected did not happen”.

To make matters worse, the tolls were too low. The tolls the government insisted for the four gates were much lower than the figures included in the Revimo viability study. The study proposed a toll of 150 meticais (about 2.5 US dollars) for light vehicles, but the government insisted on reducing this to 50 meticais. For heavy trucks, the viability study proposed a toll of 1,125 meticais, but the figure eventually approved was just 1,000 meticais.

In Gaza, the problem for Revimo was not sabotage. Unlike the tollgates in Maputo province, none of the gates in Gaza were attacked and set on fire. But the reduced tolls and the low levels of traffic made them unsustainable, since, regardless of how many vehicles drive through the gates, Revimo must still pay for fixed costs such as electricity and staff wages.

Nhancale said the government will now take the responsibility of paying for the maintenance of these stretches of Gaza roads.

Source: AIM