Construction work on the Vèdoko interchange were launched on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The launch was made in the presence of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, technical partner and financial of the project.

Financed to the tune of 15.18 billion CFA francs by Japan as part of the Non-Refundable Financial Assistance, the works of construction of the Vêdoko junction interchange in Cotonou are part of the dynamic of infrastructure modernization in Benin. 270 meters long with a width of 8.7 meters (02 lanes), the Vèdoko interchange will be made up of 896 meters of access roads and roads connecting with asphalt pavements equipped with 09 main traffic lights and 14 traffic lights pedestrians, public lighting, 1392 ml of railings, 56 panels of signalling.

This interchange will facilitate according to Akindes, Director General of the Société des Infrastructures Routes et de l'Aménagement du territory (Sirat), the transit of goods to Niger and Nigeria, will reduce transport costs while stimulating industrial development regional. The structure will also improve safety and reduce travel time for citizens. Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Benin, Uezono Hideki announced that the construction of this interchange is part of the “Corridor” project Abidjan-Lagos” which aims at the free movement of people and goods, improving regional integration in West Africa, stimulating of trade and especially the reduction of time and transport costs.

For the latter, “the Construction work on this interchange is of particular importance. in the history of cooperation between Benin and Japan... The practical phase of this important project, long awaited by the Beninese people, starts now and its realization will contribute to making the circulation fluid for the dynamic and the economic efficiency of the city of Cotonou and of the entire country.”