The approach aims to confront the progress of the construction sites with the hydrological realities of the city, as the return of the rains reactivates the threat of flooding. The intervention is financially supported by the Flood Control Program in Douala and Yaoundé (PLIDY). The overall budget allocated to the operations is based on a sovereign loan of 150 million euros, approximately 98.4 billion CFA francs, included in a global contractual portfolio of 175.5 million euros signed in January with the State of Cameroon.

The evaluation focused on the southern pole of the city, precisely in the Mvan neighborhood, a nerve center for interurban transportation. Engineers from the French construction and public works company Razel are working on two complementary segments under the supervision of the Yaoundé Urban Community. The first part concerns the construction of a modern bus station intended to facilitate traffic to the southern, coastal, eastern, and northern regions. The second part involves the complete recalibration of the main road over a distance of 2 kilometers, providing for an expansion of the road corridor from 7 to 14 meters to absorb logistical bottlenecks and clean up adjacent swamps.

The performance analysis presents an acceleration of work rhythms on the pilot site. The physical completion status reported by the project coordinator, Arnaud Philippe Ndzana, indicates a 40% execution level, compared to 32% the previous month. The official schedule prescribes a final delivery of the Mvan infrastructure by the end of 2026. The supervision agenda also includes corrective interventions on the saturated intersections of Elig-Effa, Messa station, Sous-manguier, and Awae-Escalier. The current system takes over from the Yaoundé Sanitation Project (PADY), whose previous phases, carried out from 2018 to 2024, focused on calibrating the Mfoundi canal to evacuate water from the city center.


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