The decision to construct the motorway was taken based on the report of the British railway engineers concluding that the mauritian railway lines would have cost Rs 35 millions to be modernised in addition to a yearly loss of Rs 4 millions for its maintenance. In 1955, after certain discussions with the Colonial Office, the …
Built around 1960, the Motorway stretches from Plaisance Airport to Grand Bay with a total distance of approximately 65 Kms, covering the different inland regions of the island from South to North and vice versa. With time, and due to both an increase in the population and motorized vehicles on our roads, the motorway knew some …
Since the early colonial days up to now, Mauritius has known many improvements and additions in the road network. In the beginning there were barely very few roads and the rest was natural forest. Little by little, whilst civilisation began to grow towards the centre of the island the road network as well began to …