Mozambique: Tender launched for rehabilitation works on parts of the N1

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Mozambique: Tender launched for rehabilitation works on parts of the N1

6:09 CAT | 23 Aug 2024

Image: Ministério das Obras Públicas, Habitação e Recursos Hídricos-MOPHRH

After several postponements due to the demands of the World Bank, the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, on August 23 announced the launch of the public tender for contractors to rehabilitate National Highway Number One (N1).

This is the implementation of Phase 1 of the N1 rehabilitation project, which covers a total of 1,100 kilometres on five section of road, namely: Metoro-Pemba (94km) in Cabo Delgado province; Gorongosa – Caia Lot 1 (0-84km), Gorongosa – Caia Lot 2 (84-168km) and Inchope – Gorongosa (70km) in Chimuara, Sofala province; plus Nicoadala Lot 1 (0-88km) and Chimuara – Nicoadala Lot 2 (88-176km), in Zambezia province.

The rehabilitation and maintenance work is budgeted at US$400 million.

Carlos Mesquita made the announcement in Inchope, Manica province, while on his monitoring trip along the N1, which began in Maputo and passed through Chimoio, Inchope, Gorongosa, Caia, Quelimane, Mocuba, Guruè, Magige, Lioma, Malema, Nampula and Angoche.

The launch of the tender, he explained, is the result of painstaking work over two consecutive years, culminating in the approval of the World Bank, the project’s financier, on August 19.

The government expects to receive bids from interested contractors by November 1 of this year, after the tender has been published in the press this Friday, August 23.

“It’s a ten-year project, with two years for rehabilitation and eight years for maintenance. We plan to launch three or four other tenders between now and December of this year,” Minister Mesquita added.

Source: MzNews