Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Government plans to build a one thousand and seven hundred kilometer highway, from the border with Namibia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, said this Friday, the Minister of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing, Carlos Alberto dos Saints.
The government official made these statements in Lobito, at the end of a visit to check infrastructure in the province of Benguela.
In addition to this, there will be another one that runs west-east, measuring 1,350 km, which will reach the town of Jimbe, which borders Zambia.
“It is these two main axes that we are going to begin, with the involvement of public-private partnerships, whose technical studies should begin now,” he said.
He also took the opportunity to announce that a plan for the recovery of road infrastructures had been approved, scheduled to begin in 2024.
Among the roads, the intervention of the EN100 and EN250 roads, which connects Benguela to Huambo, stands out, which, in his opinion, needs urgent intervention in some sections.
The minister promised to continue the maintenance and conservation of the roads that are part of the Benguela, Huambo, BieĢ and Moxico axis, and are part of the Lobito road corridor.
Asked about the directed self-construction program, Carlos Alberto dos Santos informed that the Government has a plan to transfer eight thousand lots by 2027.
According to him, the zones have already been identified and infrastructure will come over time.
“We are going to invest in directed self-construction where the private sector and the citizen will have their space and, together, can contribute to overcoming the housing deficit that is around 2.2 million inhabitants.
As for centralities, he said that the State will no longer build any more.
“The State built 350 thousand units in centralities, urbanizations and social housing,” he stated.
Regarding social housing, he said it is the primary responsibility of the State itself, while everything that is to be sold, the private sector will have its space to build and sell. T
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