These cuts were repaired by last Friday, essentially by building three or four aqueducts on each damaged stretch of EN1 which would allow the flood waters to flow underneath the highway. Re-establishing the Chissano-Chibuto stretch was concluded by 16.00 on Sunday, allowing traffic to flow again between the south and north of the country. Initially, only light vehicles and buses are allowed to use the Chissano-Chibuto road.
Only after the surface of the road has been substantially improved will it be opened to heavy vehicles. But EN1 in Xai-Xai remains impassable, as do roads in the west of Gaza province (between Chibuto and Chicualacuala, for example, between Guija and Choke, and between Manjangue and the Macarretane dam). The ANE has urged motorists to avoid travelling at night, and to respect the emergency traffic signs installed in the wake of the floods.
Nationally, around 5,200 kilometres of roads were damaged in the storms and floods. The ANE’s preliminary budget for road repairs is 3.5 million US dollars.
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