Transport: a determinant for the nation’s economic and social policy

• We will open up all areas of the country still suffering from seasonal or permanent isolation, which limits their development. As such, we will reduce isolation and make the regions « breathe » by improving the roads condition and using the potential of river transport on some rivers for existing channels, especially in the southern part of the country (Nkam, Kadey, Moungo, Dibamba, Sanaga, etc.).
• We will improve connectivity by linking the country to the rest of Africa with a good quality road on national sections of agreed international routes
• Balancing metropolises and regional capitals will be connected by paved roads, and the proportion of the rural population living within 2 km of an all-season road will be increased to 100%, while moving closer to international standards in terms of the tariff and duration of goods movements, which are one of the key factors of economic competitiveness

Urbain and interurbain Transport

• We will set up an innovative mode of transport within the reach of most households: buses with specialised corridors.
• We will be experimenting with the development of a metro-type urban rail transport in Douala at first.
• In Yaoundé, we will make available on the existing railway lines shuttle trains that can very quickly transport users from the periphery to the centre of the city and vice versa.
• We will professionalise intercity transportation. In this perspective, the training of staff on board coaches forroad safety will be required and the control reinforced, with a view to drastically reduce the number of traffic accidents that are too frequent in recent years.
• We will develop a tourist pole starting from the Garoua terminal building which will extend over a perimeter to be defined in collaboration with the North Region (or the federated entity) with a focus on the economic or social utility derived from activities and the ultimate goal will be to fight against poverty, and especially to reduce imbalances.

Complementarity of port activities

• We will set up a port community through the revision of the port master plan in a logic of complementarity between the different ports.
• Objectives will be clearly upward adjusted for the Kribi port, which will have to be upgraded in order to increase its draft to accommodate large boats