- Refurbishment to commence this week on Wednesday
- Reconstruction expected to take 3 months
- Government is targeting to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads nationwide
Harare - Construction company, Bitumen World Limited (Bitumen or the company) has been awarded a contract by the government to refurbish the Seke road which connects the capital Harare and Chitungwiza with effect from 18 August 2021.
In a statement released today, the company said that it has been contracted by the Department of roads in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development to kick start the project under Emergence Repair Program Phase 2.
“The reconstruction of a road necessitates rerouting of the traffic that normally uses the road,” the company said.
“The reconstruction will be closing off portions of the dual carriage way such that single lane traffic will operate on the remaining open carriageway.”
The government budgeted $33.6 billion for the second phase and Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has since disbursed over $2.3 billion as the government intensifies efforts to rehabilitate the country’s ailing road network.
Reconstruction is expected to take three months to finish off.
Under the Emergence Repair Program Phase, the government is targeting to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads nationwide.
In addition, the contract is in line with the National Development Strategy (2021-2025), launched by the government to achieve vision 2030 focused on consolidation and transforming priority areas that will address the country’s development challenges through maintenance and repair of existing assets that will improve reliability of service and avoid costly rehabilitation
Meanwhile, government has put ZW$139.8 billion under Infrastructure Investment Programme for 2021 in its NDS phase 1 with the roads and transport sector expected to gain.
Equity Axis News
