US$1.2 billion of projects for Nacala Corridor

Road and rail projects totalling
more than US$1.2 billion
will speed up freight movements
along the Nacala Corridor, a road
and rail route which connects
Zambia, Malawi and the northern
Mozambique provinces to the
deep water port of Nacala.
The 1.710 km Nacala Road
Corridor starts at Nacala Port
in Mozambique, passes through
Malawi and ends in Lusaka,
Zambia.
The objective of the project is to
link Zambia with the Nacala Port
in Mozambique and to provide a
viable transport alternative for
Zambian imports and exports (via
a north-south road corridor) to the
ports of Durban in South Africa
and Beira in Mozambique.
The project includes road
reconfiguration and upgrading
measures as well as bridge
replacements.
Work started in 2011 with the
repair and realignment of a 360
km road section linking Zambia,
Malawi and Mozambique.
Rehabilitation of a dry port
(road and rail interchange) at
Chipata in Zambia is also on the
cards.
Work on supporting road and
rail reconstruction elsewhere
in Malawi and Mozambique is
already underway, with the rail
link through Malawi between
the Mozambican Tete province
and Nacala being one of the best
known.
At the same time, US$500
million will be invested in
rehabilitating the Nacala dam, as
well as the city city’s water supply
system, electricity supply and
telecommunications, according
to Mozambican government
sources.
International flights into a
newly-built airport in Nacala are
due to start operating towards the
end of 2013.