Editing Port Louis (section)

===Light rail transit system===
{{main|Mauritius Metro Express}}
In 2012, the government decided to construct an approximately 25&nbsp;km rail system between [[Curepipe]] and Port Louis, which had been under consideration for nearly three decades.<ref name="LRT">{{Cite news |title=Light Rail Transit back on track |publisher=Le Defimedia |url=http://www.defimedia.info/news-sunday/nos-news/item/18739-light-rail-transit-back-on-track.html |url-status=dead |access-date=30 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329002932/http://www.defimedia.info/news-sunday/nos-news/item/18739-light-rail-transit-back-on-track.html |archive-date=29 March 2014}}</ref> The project was initiated by a government-to-government agreement with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE), along with private partners Singapore Mass Rapid Transit ([[SMRT Corporation|SMRT]]) Corporation and the South African/Australian engineering firm [[Aurecon]] Ltd. The goal was to develop a preliminary plan of the system, and then solicit expressions of interest for a [[Build–operate–transfer|design-build-operate-finance]] scheme, with a concession period of 33 years.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Construction for the light rail transit transport system began in the Fall of 2017, with the government of Mauritius awarding the contract to the Mumbai-based design and construction firm Larsen & Toubro.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Mauritius-Metro Express project to the tune of Rs 18.8 billion to kick-start in September 2017 |url=http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Metro-Express-project-to-the-tune-of-Rs-18.8-billion-to-kick-start-in-September-2017-.aspx |access-date=26 August 2018 |website=govmu.org |language=en-us |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811170301/http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Metro-Express-project-to-the-tune-of-Rs-18.8-billion-to-kick-start-in-September-2017-.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first stage of [[Mauritius Metro Express]], from Port Louis to Rose Hill Central, was opened in January 2020, the second stage, an extension to Curepipe, in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritius opens light rail Phase 2C |date=12 October 2022 |url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/mauritius-opens-light-rail-phase-2c/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012102449/https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/mauritius-opens-light-rail-phase-2c/ |archive-date=12 October 2022 |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> 
{{wide image|File:Port Louis banner.jpg|1500px|align-cap=center|Panoramic view of Port Louis}}