Mbanza Kongo - More than 70 trucks loaded with various goods bound for the province of Cabinda have been prevented from entering the province due to the poor condition of road 120, which links the communes of Mbanza Kongo and Nóqui in the province of Zaire.
The situation, which has lasted for more than four days, is due to heavy rains in the region, which have temporarily cut off road traffic between the provinces of Zaire and Cabinda, through the border commune of Nóqui to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The damaged section is located about 20 kilometres from the centre of Nóqui, leaving dozens of motorists travelling on the international Luanda/Kinshasa route and vice versa without a solution.
On Tuesday, the governor of Zaire, Adriano Mendes de Carvalho, travelled to assess the damage caused by the floods and promised to hire a company to carry out work quickly to restore traffic on the route.
This is an extremely delicate situation for our truck drivers, who transport even perishable products to the province of Cabinda and the DRC capital, Kinshasa," said the governor.
The national road 120, between the communes of Mbanza Kongo and Nóqui, has been paved for two years and more than 123 kilometres of the planned 165 kilometres have already been repaired. JL/AMP
