The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, inaugurated the Pessene Traffic Management Park in the Moamba district of Maputo province on Monday morning.

The infrastructure was built from scratch by the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) as part of the implementation of measures to improve road traffic management in the Maputo Corridor.

During the inauguration, the Minister of Transport and Communications said that the Pessene Traffic Management Park will help boost economic development in the Maputo Corridor, guaranteeing the safe movement of people and vehicles such as trucks.

The park aims to respond to the challenges of traffic congestion on the N4, as part of the Maputo Provincial Government's initiative to bring greater sustainability, development and road safety to the Maputo Corridor.

Mateus Magala also said that along National Road Number 4, which links Mozambique to South Africa, joint operations with the police are planned to reduce transit times at the Ressano Garcia border crossing in Maputo province.

A total of 4 million 350 thousand US dollars were invested in the construction of the infrastructure, which lasted 4 months, and has a static capacity for the temporary parking of 250 trucks.

In addition to parking, the park offers a space for quick meals, toilets, a security induction service and port documentation processing services.

With the aim of improving corridor efficiency and port dwell time, the park has integration with all the port's digital systems, so that trucks can be dispatched as their processes are processed.

Initially, the park will create 32 permanent jobs, almost exclusively for local residents.