THE KUMBA-MAMFE ROAD

THE KUMBA-MAMFE ROAD

Everything being equal, work on the long awaited Kumba-Mamfe road will take off in earnest in May of this year, which is in two months` time. This revelation follows the recent publication by the Minister of Public Works of tenders to bid results launched for the project.

If one were to go by the words of the minister, effective work would start on the 5^th of May 2014, to be precise. The job has been awarded to two Chinese construction firms: The China Communications Construction Company Ltd on the one hand, and the Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Company Ltd, on the other hand.

Chinese Communications will specifically execute the portion of the road that runs from Kumba to Nfaitock. This lot is subdivided into two parts, the first of which is Kumba-Kumbe/Bakundu, and the second Kumba-Bakundu-Nfaitock. That portion will cost 32.627bn. The second lot which is 46.88km long will be handled by Jiangsu Provincial. It covers the covers Nfaitock-Bachuo Akagbe stretch. Its realization will cost 22.041bn. This is a prolongation of the international Trans African highway that was designed to run from Bamenda in Cameroon to Enugu in Nigeria. The total cost for both phases of the road project stands at 54b CFA.