Public Infrastructure and Land Transport

Modernising public transport

New buses, new-generation bus shelters and online services: a more comfortable, simpler public service.

01Background

An ageing bus fleet and basic waiting facilities were undermining the experience of public transport users.

02Objectives

To renew the fleet, improve facilities for passengers and simplify formalities for motorists.

03Results

The Bus Modernisation Scheme enabled the replacement of 319 buses in Mauritius and 9 in Rodrigues, backed by Rs 328.3 million in grants, and was opened up to hybrid and low-floor buses. One hundred and ten new-generation bus shelters were built by mid-2019, and a passenger information system was commissioned. Since November 2018, road tax can be paid and the tax disc printed online.

04Impact

Public transport that is more comfortable, more accessible and better integrated with the arrival of the Metro Express.

More achievements

18,8 Md Rs

phase 1 contract, including Rs 9.9 billion in Indian grant funding

Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2016–2019

Metro Express: rail returns to Mauritius

From project approval to the inauguration of the first phase: the country's first passenger rail service since 1956.

34 → 15 Md Rs

decongestion programme budget, revised downwards

Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2015–2019

The Road Decongestion Programme

A programme of new interchanges and link roads to relieve congestion in Port Louis and on the M1 motorway, launched and set in motion during his tenure.

180

26-metre stabilisation piles

Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2016–2019

Terre Rouge–Verdun: saving a strategic road

Restoring the M3 motorway, cut by a landslide in 2015, with the help of French technical expertise.