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Road paving plan proposed for Mozambique

An ambitious road improvement scheme has been proposed by the Mozambique Government. The programme of works calls for the paving of 2,100km of roads by 2019. The scheme will address both national and regional roads across the country between 2015 and 2019, covering around 420km/year of roads on average. Also included within the programme will be repairs to 57 bridges. Meanwhile a further 2,800km of roads will be repaired, an average on 560km/year, by 2019. The, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
March 20, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
An ambitious road improvement scheme has been proposed by the Mozambique Government. The programme of works calls for the paving of 2,100km of roads by 2019. The scheme will address both national and regional roads across the country between 2015 and 2019, covering around 420km/year of roads on average. Also included within the programme will be repairs to 57 bridges. Meanwhile a further 2,800km of roads will be repaired, an average on 560km/year, by 2019. The, 2416 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) will fund work on the N13 road project in Niassa Province, which is expected to cost US$261.25 million. India is funding a project costing $149.72 million to build a road that will connect the towns of Nova, Buzi and Tica. Meanwhile South Korea will provide $75.4 million for building the N104 road linking Nampula and Nametil. Mozambique has around 30,000km of roads, including its primary, secondary and tertiary networks. The country has 1,243km of paved and 4,728km of unpaved roads on the primary network as well as 4,078km of unpaved and 838km of paved roads on its secondary network. Meanwhile, 11,936km of the country's 12,603km tertiary road network is unpaved.

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