Mozambique and a Chinese Company to come together to Build Access Roads

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Matlombe explained that he will sign the contracts on Wednesday with state-owned China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) , one involving “direct financing” and the other a public-private partnership (PPP).

The Mozambican Minister of Transport and Logistics, João Jorge Matlombe, said that Mozambique will sign contracts with a Chinese company to build the access roads to Inhambane province and to the port of Beira.

Matlombe explained that he will sign the contracts on Wednesday with state-owned China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) ,one involving “direct financing” and the other a public-private partnership (PPP).

CRBC will build a road almost 78 kilometres long to improve access to the province of Inhambane, in southern Mozambique, which the minister described as “an important tourist area”.

Matlombe admitted that the cost of the project “will actually be borne by the state itself”, since “there is no demand that justifies a PPP or direct private investment”.

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The minister argued that, contrary to the Inhambane road case and according to a study already carried out, the road connecting to the port of Beira, “from the point of view of the business model, allows any investor to recover the investment”.