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THIRTY-FOUR urban councils are expected to benefit from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration’s pothole patching and drain cleaning programme. Acting zinara chief executive officer Mr Moses Juma confirmed the development in an interview with The Herald on Tuesday.
He said the patching of potholes would begin before the onset of rains. Zinara is funding the programme.
It will also provide raw materials for the exercise.
“Last week, $2 million was disbursed to rural district councils for routine maintenance, funding for labour and the recruitment process while overheads have already been released.
“We are going to embark on motorised grading of 80 roads, which is about 26 800 kilometres of road gravel work,” said Mr Juma.
The road repairs are expected to be completed before the Christmas Holiday.
Mr Juma said the cleaning of the drainage systems in urban areas was equally important to avoid flooding of tarred roads during the rainy season.
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