{"id":14660,"date":"2022-02-23T16:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=14660"},"modified":"2022-02-23T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:25:45","slug":"mozambiques-first-cycle-path-will-transform-quelimane-with-portuguese-support-lusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambiques-first-cycle-path-will-transform-quelimane-with-portuguese-support-lusa","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique\u2019s first cycle path will transform Quelimane with Portuguese support \u2013 Lusa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The first cycle path in Mozambique will \u2013 with Portuguese funding assured under a protocol signed on Tuesday \u2013 advance by a few more kilometres the transformation of Quelimane into the \u201cgreen capital of Africa\u2019.<\/p>\n

The signing ceremony of the technical and financial collaboration protocol between the Environmental Fund and the Municipal Council of the City of Quelimane, Mozambique, was attended by Portugal\u2019s Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Jo\u00e3o Pedro Matos Fernandes, and the president of the Mozambican municipality, Manuel de Araujo.<\/p>\n

The protocol will extend the cycle path by another two kilometres. The path, currently 3.6 kilometres long, was built with \u20ac21,000 in financial support from the Portuguese state \u2013 a further \u20ac20,000 guaranteeing the phase now starting.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese minister underlined the commitment of Quelimane municipality, which, despite other pressing needs, was not forgetting the fight against the climate change which so directly impacts Mozambique.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a country where there are so many pressing needs, Quelimane City Council, while taking care of these needs, has a vision of the future and a commitment to combating climate change,\u201d said Jo\u00e3o Pedro Matos Fernandes.<\/p>\n

Quelimane and Maputo were the first two African cities to join the Decarbonised Transport Alliance, chaired by Portugal when it was first created.<\/p>\n

For the mayor of Quelimane, the bike path represents the realisation of a dream that he has cherished since he was first elected in 2011, but for which he had no finance. Now, his dreams are within reach, thanks to the Environmental Fund of Portugal.<\/p>\n

Mayor Araujo recalled that much has been done to improve traffic in Quelimane. \u201cImagine a city with 600,000 inhabitants, and about 5,000 cyclists, that didn\u2019t have a single traffic light \u2013 no vertical or horizontal traffic signalling. It was chaos!\u201d he remembers.<\/p>\n

The municipality took measures to \u201cimprove the safety of users\u201d, installing traffic lights to regulate traffic and building this bike path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safer people feel, the more they cycle, which improves their health and helps prevent climate change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be the first cycle path in Mozambique,\u201d he boasted, \u201cand it will serve as a sign to other cities and districts. Other population centres will find in Quelimane an example to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manuel de Ara\u00fajo has encountered resistance from those who say that bike lanes steal space from cars, but he takes it all in his stride, remembering that, when he lived in London, he heard much the same thing.<\/p>\n

The municipality is committed to becoming the \u201cGreen Capital City of Africa\u201d, expecting to complete the second part of the project thanks to the protocol just signed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first kilometres connect the peripheral zone to the city centre. Now, we are going to drain traffic from the city to the periphery,\u201d de Ara\u00fajo explained.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The first cycle path in Mozambique will \u2013 with Portuguese funding assured under a protocol signed on Tuesday \u2013 advance by a few more kilometres the transformation of Quelimane into the \u201cgreen capital of Africa\u2019. 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