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and help reduce road carnages, the Minister of Transport Communication and Infrastructural Development Nicholas Goche has said.
In an interview on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of a Beitbridge one stop border post in the border town yesterday, Minister Goche said they have since received $1 million from the bank and a feasibility study is underway.
“I am happy to announce that we are conducting a feasibility study for the Chirundu -Beitbridge road after we secured a $1 million funding from the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
“We intend to dualise and widen our major highways and the Beitbridge-Chirundu road is being done in line with the proposed one Beitbridge stop border post,” he said.
Goche said they have since contracted a company, Group Five, which is in the process of widening the country’s major roads.
“Group Five has increased its manpower and they are now working at full capacity and we hope they will be able to finish within the stipulated time framework.
“So far the Plumtree-Mutare road dualisation project has gone for about 60km from Plumtree while the Bulawayo-Gweru one is near Shangani.
“The majority of our national highways have been in dire need of construction due to their poor state and the volume of traffic flow. Our roads have many trucks travelling between Beitbridge and Chirundu en-route to Zambia.
“This road has a high rate offatal accidents and is also connecting Zimbabwe with other Sadc countries like Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said.
Online Reporter