Concerning the priority road section which should link Douala, the capital to Yaoundé the political and administrative capital, the Government has already reached an agreement-in-principle with a Chinese company, for a first 70 km two-lane highway stretch built according to Chinese standards, with a reference speed of 100km/h from Yaoundé to Douala. However, the routing covers 250 km, but the current agreement does not provide for the start of construction works. For this reason, the authorities continue to consider all the bids for the rapid relaunch of this project. The Douala-Yaoundé highway construction project costs 400 to 500 billion. The works will involve the construction of a new highway on a new route, while conserving the current national highway 3.
The purpose is to release potential traffic which has so far been impeded by the conditions of calculability of the heavy traffic between the two major Cameroonian cities. Road accidents on this route amply illustrate the need to provide the best travelling possibilities in terms of reference speed and security for persons and goods.