Angolan government approves Luanda’s integrated plan budgeted at over US$24 billion

On November 3, the Angolan government approved Luanda’s Integrated Intervention Plan (PIIL), which includes 2,786 projects budgeted at over AOA 12 billion (US$25 million), to be implemented over the next five years.

The PIIL portfolio includes the requalification and construction of primary and secondary roads, drainage ditches, public lighting, health and education infrastructures, and the requalification of several Luanda neighborhoods in the next five years.

The Integrated Intervention Plan for Luanda, which has more than 10 million inhabitants, was approved during a special session of the Council of Ministers led by Angolan President João Lourenço.

At least 2,786 projects are registered in PIIL, and the Angolan government plans to invest more than AOA 12 billion in the execution of the construction and requalification projects of several infrastructures.

According to the governor of the province of Luanda, Manuel Homem, PIIL results from the aggregation of the projects of the Municipalities Integrated Intervention Plan (PIIM), the special projects of Luanda, and the projects of the Public Investment Program (PIP).

“And of the ordinary treasury resources that the ministries have to implement in the province and the projects that the GPL [Government of Luanda Province] also has in these areas to implement in the territory and based on this work, it allowed us to elaborate this integrated plan,” he explained.

The new PIIM projects or not, he noted, “will be accompanied in an integrated manner” by the GPL in coordination with the ministerial departments according to each project.

Speaking at the end of the meeting, which took place at the Presidential Palace, the governor assured that the communication routes, north and south of Luanda over the next five years, will be strengthened.

The PIIL also inscribes as priorities the conclusion of constructing the new waterfront of Corimba de Luanda and requalifying some Luanda neighborhoods, namely Terra Nova, Bairro Popular, Marçal, and Camama I.

“The drainage ditches are a concern and are part of this integrated program whose conclusion work, above all of the macro ditches, will begin as early as 2023,” the official noted.

“There is also the installation of the railroads for the new airport with infrastructures; we will be talking about a total of 2,786 projects that will be implemented in these five years for the province of Luanda,” he stressed.

Manuel Homem also noted that many of the actions included in PIIL are already underway, and others will begin in 2023.

“The citizens of Luanda can see that there are roads that are blocked because they are under work; there are others linked to public lighting projects, as we can see in the Fidel de Castro avenue, which is more illuminated,” Manuel Homem remarked.

With information from Angola 24 Horas

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