Company Profile

Trans African Concessions (Pty) Ltd (TRAC) is the Concessionaire of the R3bn project to build, finance, operate, maintain and expand the 630km N4 TOLL ROUTE between Pretoria and Maputo. TRAC's commitment to stakeholders is to provide the safest route in Africa.
TRAC provides a roadside assistance service, called TRACassist, to road users who may experience an emergency or need help along the N4 TOLL ROUTE in South Africa. This service is available 24-hours per day.
Road users may dial the TRACassist number toll free on 0800 TRAC N4 or 0800 8722 64 in any emergency, or to report any problems such as stray animals, fires, etc. Help will immediately be dispatched to where it may be needed.

The TRACassist emergency communication system provides a further link with ambulance and emergency services, the South African Police Service, traffic authorities, the fire brigade, tow in and rescue services.

Who determines toll tariffs?

The initial tariffs were set jointly by the National Roads Agency, TRAC and its lenders and shareholders to the project
Annual increases are based on CPI.

What happens to the money that TRAC collects at the toll gates?
The toll money is used to:

Pay off the R1.5 billion debt incurred for the initial construction. TRAC is not funded by the Governments, but by the private sector
Maintain the road
Patrol the road
Operation of the toll plazas
Future expansions
Manage the route with emphasis on increased safety

BACKGROUND : MAPUTO CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

The Maputo Development Corridor is one of the most ambitious and exciting initiatives undertaken within the Southern African region, stretching from near Gauteng in South Africa, to Maputo in Mozambique. The vision is to rehabilitate the core infrastructure, i.e. road, port and dredging, electricity and the border post within the Corridor, through public / private partnerships, thereby re-establishing key linkages and opening up inherent under and unutilised economic development opportunities.
Underlying this vision is the desire to see this initiative contributing to other key policy areas – notably regional economic integration, international competitiveness and a broadening of the ownership base in the economy of the Corridor.

In order to facilitate the implementation of the project in partnership with the private sector, protocols were signed between the two Governments.

An organisation, the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative, was created by the bussiness sector involved to assist with and facilitate co-operation and networking locally and internationally between South Africa and Mozambique. www.mcli.co.za