Green light for new Mozambique road

An environmental study has given the green light to the upgrading and tarring of the road from Ponta do Ouro on the border between Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal. A 63-kilometre link road from the Bela Vista area to Boane district is intended to provide direct access to the port of Matola and the city’s industrial area, without having to cross the increasingly congested roads of the capital itself. The project covers a total of 187 kilometres of road. Construction is due to start this year and run through to 2015.