The Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, said that road traffic on National Road Number 2 (EN2) should see a significant improvement in the coming days, following the conclusion of rehabilitation work on the 39-kilometer stretch between the town of Namaacha and the district of Boane, in Maputo province.

This statement was made by the government official during a working visit on Friday, June 14, as part of the monitoring framework for the government's Five-Year Program and Economic and Social Plan.

The periodic maintenance work underway on the EN2 began approximately three months ago, covering 69 kilometers, from the Movene traffic circle in Boane to the town of Namaacha, of which 11 kilometers are major works and 39 kilometers are pothole patching, with a duration of one year, the physical execution of which is at 30%.

"We're satisfied with the level of work underway, which goes right up to the sub-base work, such as this, which we're monitoring, namely the construction of ditches, the reconstruction of around 11 kilometers and the plugging of potholes in 39 kilometers."

"Over the last three or four years, we've noticed a lot of heavy traffic leaving the EN4 for the EN2, so we're preparing the section to meet this demand efficiently and safely, in a way avoiding the degradation we've been experiencing, because the traffic is heavy, frequent and constant," explained Carlos Mesquita.

In another development, Carlos Mesquita reaffirmed that the intention to concession the EN2 remains because it is a policy that the government has to bring to the national business and private sector, particularly, and not only, but also to become more involved in investments in the roads sector.

"We need to be very careful and there is work that we are doing to see that there are roads that have traffic and are viable to be concessioned and the private sector, when it enters, is looking to make a profit, it has to be that way, but then there are other roads with little traffic that should continue to be maintained because we have a population on the other side and we need to create conditions for the population to be assisted," concluded Carlos Mesquita.

During the press briefing, Mesquita stressed that work on the EN4, on the Novare section up to the Tchumene junction, is currently at an advanced stage, which will allow for greater fluidity, and noted that construction work is already underway on services. This intervention is part of the TRAC project, whose contract ends in February 2028. (Press release)