Botswana�Moz rail study set to start this year

The railway will give Botswana access to the Indian ocean
The railway will give Botswana access to the Indian ocean

A feasibility study into a project entailing the proposed Ponto Techobanine deep- sea port, in Mozambique, and a 1,100 km heavy-haul railway line linking the port to Botswana’s burgeoning coal-producing eastern region is expected to start this year, after the company developing the project completed a prefeasibility study into the project.

 

The railway line is expected to start at a new dry port to be established near Selebi Phikwe, in eastern Botswana, and pass through Zimbabwe.

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