Cameroon highway connection being upgraded

Construction company Sogea-Satom will carry out the US$101 million contract to upgrade Cameroon’s West Doula highway. The firm is a subsidiary of French contractor Vinci. The work is for a 13km stretch of Cameroon’s RN3 National Road and will take 30 months to complete. The work is being financed by the French development agency (AFD). Sogea-Satom previously won a contract to build a bridge on the RN3 route.
July 25, 2014 Read time: 1 min

Construction company Sogea-Satom will carry out the US$101 million contract to upgrade Cameroon’s West Doula highway. The firm is a subsidiary of French contractor 5177 Vinci. The work is for a 13km stretch of Cameroon’s RN3 National Road and will take 30 months to complete. The work is being financed by the French development agency (AFD). Sogea-Satom previously won a contract to build a bridge on the RN3 route.

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