{"id":84809,"date":"2025-06-08T20:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/commission-to-assess-future-of-n4-highway-concession"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:39:13","slug":"commission-to-assess-future-of-n4-highway-concession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/commission-to-assess-future-of-n4-highway-concession","title":{"rendered":"Commission To Assess Future Of N4 Highway Concession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s government plans to establish a commission to review the terms of the concession contract for National Highway Number 4 (N4), from Maputo to the border with Ressano Garcia, which was awarded to South Africa\u2019s TRAC and is set to expire in two years.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made today during the cabinet meeting, according to a statement from that body, which announced the approval of the resolution \u201cauthorising the creation of a team to evaluate the terms of the infrastructure concession contract\u201d for the N4 between the government of Mozambique and TRAC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assessment aims to look at the future of the current concession contract, with a view to its expiry in 2027,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>O Governo aprovou, esta terc\u0327a-feira, a resoluc\u0327a\u0303o que autoriza a criac\u0327a\u0303o de uma equipa de avaliac\u0327a\u0303o dos Termos do Contrato de Concessa\u0303o das Infra-estruturas da Estrada Nacional Nu\u0301mero 4, entre o Executivo de e a TRAC.<\/p>\n<p>The concessionaire of the N4, Mozambique\u2019s main road between Maputo and the South African border at Ressano Garcia, acknowledged last January to Lusa that it had suffered serious losses due to the post-election protests and that the future of the concession was uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was serious damage to toll booths in Maputo during the political unrest in the last three months,\u201d acknowledged an official source from Trans African Concessions (TRAC), questioned at the time by Lusa, stressing that the total assessment would only be completed once the situation stabilised.<\/p>\n<p>After several weeks without charging tolls on that road due to post-election protests, during which presidential candidate Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane called for non-payment, TRAC resumed toll collection in January, causing tension at the entrance to Maputo.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, locals blocked the road, the main entrance and exit to Maputo \u2013 essential for the transport of South African exports, mainly minerals, by sea \u2013 using trucks, buses and barricades, prompting the police to fire shots to disperse the protests, a process that only returned to normal in the following months.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 100 kilometres long in Mozambique, the road, which connects Tshwane, Gauteng (South Africa) and the port of Maputo (Mozambique), was built by TRAC under a 30-year concession agreement involving the governments of both countries, with the concessionaire assuming the costs of construction and maintenance. At the end of the concession, the road, which totals 570 kilometres, may revert to the respective states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concession contract ends in February 2028. The governments of South Africa and Mozambique will then decide what will happen to the road,\u201d said an official source from the company at the time, in response to Lusa.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthere are several options\u201d for the future, including the road agencies of the two countries (SANRAL and ANE), responsible for the concession contract, \u201ctaking over the management of the road\u201d, the concession contract being put \u201cout to tender again\u201d, the renewal of the current contract or its extension.<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Lusa]According to TRAC, the 1997 concession contract for the N4 was worth 3 billion rand (\u20ac155.1 million at the current exchange rate), plus 1 billion rand (\u20ac51.7 million) for ongoing improvement and rehabilitation work on the entire road, in addition to investment in routine maintenance of 200,000 rand (\u20ac10,350) per kilometre (over 570 kilometres), as well as salaries for around 500 employees and the financing of local community projects in Mozambique and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTRAC\u2019s private investment is huge. We are privately funded, and all funds collected from tolls go directly back into the road,\u201d the same source concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Former presidential candidate Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane, who had called for post-election protests, appealed in December for the non-payment of tolls nationwide. Following the destruction and vandalism of some toll booths, several were closed, including those of TRAC in Maputo. This process has since returned to normal in the current climate of pacification in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane, who does not recognise the official results of the general elections of 9 October, demanded in January that this concession be ended: \u201cOn the N4, the tolls, given their lifetime, have already fulfilled their profitability concerning the investment made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mozambique<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s government plans to establish a commission to review the terms of the concession contract for National Highway Number 4 (N4), from Maputo to the border with Ressano Garcia, which was awarded to South Africa\u2019s TRAC and is set to expire in two years. 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