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THE Harare City Council have said plans for the installation of traffic lights at the dangerous Mabvuku turn-off have been approved.
Council spokesperson, Innocent Ruwende, said they were in the process of installing new traffic lights and resuscitating existing ones across the capital.
“Plans to install traffic lights at the (Mabvuku) turn-off have already been approved.
“A contractor has been appointed to do the work.
“The system is expected to be commissioned by the end of August,” said Ruwende.
Residents and motorists are demanding the installation of traffic lights or speed humps at the Mabvuku turn-off due to the increase in fatal accidents at the spot.
It has become a regular occurrence for the police to attend to accident scenes at the junction.
Witnesses to recent accidents have expressed their concern and frustration, stating that the Harare City Council had neglected the needs of the people.
Despite numerous calls for traffic lights or speed humps, nothing has been done, and many lives have been lost as a result. A motorist, Bellamy Rwodzi, said something must be done.
“I passed there just now (yesterday morning) and there was glass, oil and blood all over the place.
“There wasn’t even an effort to clean up after a horrible accident.
“That intersection is very dangerous and I don’t know why there haven’t been traffic lights or speed humps when approaching the junction.”
Another motorist, Spencer Sithole, said the council was neglecting people’s needs.
“We have been calling on the council to put traffic lights at that intersection for many years, but nothing has happened,” he said.
“Just last week, I lost my friend at that junction. Even after losing so many people at the same spot, the council has chosen to ignore our needs as residents.
“A week does not go by without an accident at that same spot.”
Bongani Ndlovu
Mathew Masinge