Preparatory work started on a light rail line in Mauritius and they are prognosed to last for three months. The 28 km Metro Express line would link Port Louis with Curepipe, serving 19 stops with an end-to-end journey time of 40 minutes. It is expected to enter revenue service in 2021. The project is estimated at a cost of USD 550 million.
There is an urgent need to establish new transit corridors through these city areas in order to relieve the main road arteries and to review its existing bus network in order to achieve an efficient multi-modal public transport network that can serve Mauritius over the long term.
As part of Government’s plan for urban and rural regeneration, the Metro Express will totally redesign towns, create new growth poles around the terminals, drastically reduce the commuting time for citizens, raise productivity, eliminate the inconvenience of traffic congestion, save on petroleum import bills and significantly cut down pollution.
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