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AFRICA
MOZAMBICAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATES ROADS FINANCED BY THE WORLD BANK
MOTA‐ENGIL ACHIEVED THE RENOVATION GOAL AFTER THE FLOODS IN THE LIMPOPO VALLEY.
On 8th March 2019, the inauguration of the set of road renovations financed by the World Bank under the OPRC – Output Performance‐based Road Contract – took place. The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyussi.
This set of roads includes, in Package 3, the R890 roads, with an extension of
4.2 km between Guijá and Chókwè, and R448, with an extension of 25.2 km between Chókwè and Macarretane, which were renovated by Mota‐Engil Africa – Mozambique Branch.
This funding arose after the 2013 floods that severely damaged the road infrastructure of the Limpopo valley. The road renovated by Mota‐Engil used
solutions that enabled strengthening and improving the resilience of the roads in the event of new floods in the sections that suffered the most damages during the floods.
These solutions consisted of the use of geocells in the base course of the surfaces over a length of 4.2 km, an increase in the drainage section with the construction of six new drainage passes, as well as the protection of slopes and road hard shoulders, with mortar stone and concrete for a total of 10 km.
The works began in March 2017,
with 18 months of construction + 3 months of construction of additional works + 12 months of maintenance, with the contract ending in December 2019. During the 12 months of the maintenance phase, there will be a team permanently on site performing daily maintenance in order to guarantee the service levels established in the contract.
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