[4] It was only thanks to the end of the civil war, the numerous investments in the course of the gas and oil boom and the associated strong economic upturn in Mozambique that the Mozambican government was able to tackle the project.

The construction itself will be carried out by the Chinese building and civil engineering group China Road and Bridge Corporation.

[11] The first preparatory construction work began in June 2014[12] After some delays – especially in the resettlement of residents in the Maputo neighborhood of Malanga – the bridge was inaugurated on 2018-11-15.

[11] The main supporting cables are each connected to a solid anchor block via steel structures in the north and south.

The transport takes place between both shores either by car and passenger ferry or via another detour via Boane (main roads EN2/EN200).

With the completion of the bridge and the extension of the road to Ponta do Ouro, a massive population growth of up to 400,000 inhabitants is forecasted for Katembe.

According to the strategic plan for the urbanization of Katembe by the engineering office Betar, approximately 9,510,000 square meters (and thus 58.9 percent of the total area) are to be reserved for residential buildings.

[14] The extension of the road to Ponta do Ouro and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) is intended to massively shorten the travel time.

[14] A joint tourism plan with the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the Kingdom of Eswatini aims to attract more visitors to southern Mozambique.

[14] The high costs of building the bridge and the connected road to Boane and Ponta do Ouro have been massively criticised by Mozambican publicist Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco.

The contractor Maputo Sul estimates the number of families to be relocated at 920, for which new four-storey houses with two to four-room apartments are to be built as a replacement.