The second phase of Mozambique’s Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Programme is to receive $73.6 million from the World Bank.

The primary objective of the programme is to stimulate growth and contribute to poverty reduction through improved road infrastructure, better sector policies, and enhanced roads sector management.

The latest financial surety fills a financing gap for flood-related road rehabilitation works in the southern Gaza Province following severe flooding in the lower Limpopo River basin in 2013. Over 70% of the provincial road network – about 2 200 km of roads – sustained damage in the 2013 floods. The Government of Mozambique estimated the required road network rehabilitation would cost approximately $183.0 million.

Damage inflicted by recurrent floods to the country’s road network have isolated many rural communities and prevents access to basic services, markets and transport.