Online Reporter
Raymond Jaravaza
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls rehabilitation project is gaining momentum with implementation of critical road works by five contractors on site at various stages as Government races to meet the 10-month implementation deadline.
Five contractors – Fossil Contracting, Masimba Construction, Syvern Investment, Bitumen Resources and Tensor Systems – were awarded contracts by Government to rehabilitate the strategic trade and tourism corridor.
The massive project is expected to take approximately 10 months and will be executed in phases using a coordinated kilometre-by-kilometre approach.
Matabeleland North Minister for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Richard Moyo, said the Government was satisfied with the progress of the rehabilitation project.
“The five contractors that were awarded contracts to do work on the highway are all on site and Government is happy with the progress on the ground,” he said.
“Each contractor was given a specific area to work on and they are all working to meet the targets set for the completion of the project on time.”
Our news crew yesterday visited construction sites along the 430 plus kilometre stretch that connects the southern region of Zimbabwe to neighbouring Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.
In the Insuza area, rehabilitation works are progressing well with the contractor priming a section of the highway. Access to the part of the highway that is presently being primed by the contractor has been blocked to divert traffic to a several-kilometre detour to allow for smooth operations.
In the Bernice area, the contractor was busy clearing land for the construction of a detour that cuts across a hilly terrain and in some instances lies next to village that line the busy highway.
