Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil on Friday announced that work to improve dozens of roads in the centre of Luanda is due for completion in November.

The director of Mota-Engil, António Graça, who is in Luanda with the Portuguese deputy prime minister, Paulo Portas, told Portuguese news agency Lusa that the work would be completed in time for Angola’s independence celebrations on 11 November .

The work, which began in May, is estimated to cost 65 million euros and involves repairing 100 kilometres of streets and avenues.

The contract includes repair holes, sidewalks and curbs, replacement or placement of traffic signs, replacing manhole covers, painting curbs and road markings and involves around 250 workers.

Source: Macauhub