Teams from setec international and Nodalis worked alongside the government of Cape Verde to carry out a pre-feasibility study for a motorway Public-Private Partnership between Praia, the country’s capital, and Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago.
This progress meeting with Mr Olavo Avelino GARCIA CORREIA, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Entrepreneurship Promotion and the Digital Economy, was very fruitful.

Thanks to a suitable road infrastructure, ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜… ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎฬ€ :
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒฬ between these two strategic cities, 60 km apart
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒฬ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ economic and social of the country
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒฬ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒฬ ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ users and local populations

We find ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒฬ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ :
๐Ÿšง The current national road is at ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ, including steep sections due to the island’s topography
๐ŸŒฑ The project fits into a ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, at the heart of the beauty of Cape Verde’s biodiversity and will have to be resilient to climate disruption
๐Ÿ”Ž To ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜… techniques and grasp mobility issues, a team of setec international experts made a field visit to Praia last November, covering more than 250 km of roads and inspecting nearly 30 existing structures

The progress meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister marks the completion of the first stage of this study, underlining the close collaboration between the setec-Nodalis consortium, ECV – Estradas de Cabo Verde, UGPE – Unidade Gestora de Projetos Especiais and the Government of Cape Verde.