In Benin, Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) is currently rehabilitating 148.6 km of the interstate highway to Niger, between Gogounou and Kandi.

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6 January 2023 - Projects update and handover - Benin

Once completed, this road will facilitate trade between the port of Cotonou and Niger, and the transporting of cereal crops to processing plants. It will also improve links between the communes passed through by the project.

The works notably involve improving badly deteriorated sections using cement-reinforced recycled materials, while on sections in less bad condition potholes are repaired and the shoulders upgraded, and the existing road is reinforced with an asphalt-gravel base layer and an asphalt concrete wearing course. The project also includes civil engineering works, with the reconstruction of 87 culverts, 6 large structures and a bridge with a 45 lm-long span, and improvement and drainage works where the road passes through towns and suburbs. Launched in June 2021, the works should be completed in December 2024.