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Bitumen To Start Work On Severely Damaged Victoria Falls Road

6 months agoWed, 02 Oct 2024 13:23:58 GMT

Bitumen To Start Work On Severely Damaged Victoria Falls Road

The government has reached an agreement with Bitumen World to commence reconstruction of the severely damaged Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road under a Design, Build, Operate, and Transfer contract. The company will recover its costs through road toll fees.

After the weekly Cabinet meeting in Harare on Tuesday, October 1, Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere announced that Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona presented the plans to Cabinet, and work on the road is set to begin immediately. He said:

Cabinet advises that plans are underway to upgrade, rehabilitate, widen, and dualise certain sections of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road through a Public-Private Partnership with Bitumen World (Pvt) Ltd under a Design, Build, Operate, and Transfer contract.

The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the road will enhance the movement of transit traffic, thereby making this route the most preferred along the North-South Corridor, connecting Zimbabwe to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.
In addition, financial arrangements have been concluded for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of other roads including Kwekwe-Nkayi-Lupane Road; Bulawayo-Nkayi Road; and Karoi-Binga Cross Dete Road. All these roads will start immediately.
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The rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road is crucial for trade and tourism in the region.

Last month, David Jana, the chief director for roads in the transport ministry, said that regular pothole patching has been ineffective due to ongoing damage from coal trucks, particularly during the rainy season. He said the road has exceeded its useful life.

Similarly, ministry permanent secretary Joy Makumbe confirmed that the road is beyond simple repairs, leading to the decision to hire a contractor for reconstruction work.

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17 Comments

Jacob zuma · 6 months ago

Road inosvika pakupera kudaro asi hurumende iropo chii chakadato,harare chirundu ma1

🙄 🤪 · 6 months ago

Asi ka tourists don't expect much on host nations tisu tongozvishupa transforming nyika kuve first World standard, Some of these tourist are trying to do away with this firstworld lives quality tarmac roads five star hotels, some want original things, the way naturally it is driving on expedition, gravelled roads,etc isusu tozvinetsa kuisa tarmac kuma roads Iwaya using too much resources infact wringing ourselves to become better that their native countries Ngava fambe muma roads ariko iwaya it's the tourism package at the end of the day, some souvenir sort of a thing

Apo · 6 months ago

Ko isu maZimba tofambawo mu gravel macho mu Road dzakafa neruda kwe tourism here

theLastAntKing · 6 months ago

no no chinyakare ichi chamataura. Both options should be available and even on tourist destinations they should modernise by introducing things like Roller Coster such that when it's winter there they enjoy every activity here. Remember mhuka dzacho vanadzo muma zoo so we need to keep attracting them especially younger generations prefer modern facilities

yyy · 6 months ago

uuchaonaabharanzi nemutsvairo yemumba kkkkk

watch out ! · 6 months ago

watch out bitumen world, you will invest your own funds into this project, expecting repayment from toll-fees, and these payments may never materialize - knowing the way this gangster govt operates .. be very very wary of this ....

joko · 6 months ago

They will recovery their costs in ZIG

Legend · 6 months ago

We don't want to hear all what you are saying what we need is progress

Antman · 6 months ago

Wasn't Byo Beitbridge roaf built recently

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Uko dei vadira gravel cheater. Vovhara makomba

...,. · 6 months ago

how many kilometres is Bitumen going to rebuild, and in what time frame?

Hombre · 6 months ago

"work on the road is set to begin immediately. He said:" Believe Mhona and this government at your own peril. I will remind you by this time next year if Zanu Pf is still in power.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Then after the first drizzle the patches start crumbling, after 2 months the road is just as bad again. Then we go 6 months with the road deterioraying to the point of veing untrafficable. And the cycle starts again.

Landlord · 6 months ago

Topup your English bundle Zwana

Anonymous · 6 months ago

I expected most to easily decipher slighltly misspelt words due to typos.