Revenue boost for city traffic section

Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent

HARARE City Council is set to capacitate its traffic enforcement section with 20 percent revenue generated by the section under the Public Safety Division being set aside to fund procurement of various vehicle components and consumables for effective operations.

This follows complaints by the department that traffic enforcement was being hampered by lack of car batteries and other essential equipment. According to recent minutes of the Finance and Development Committee, acting chamber secretary Mr Charles Kandemiri reported that “progress on traffic enforcement was being hampered by provision of four tow vehicles which were off the road due to non-availability of batteries and the winch or scorpion used for uplifting impounded vehicles on to tow away vehicles”.

“The section was also faced with a critical shortage of vehicle consumables whose availability would ensure deployment of all the section’s traffic enforcement fleet on the roads,” read the minutes.

It was resolved that council authorise the retention by the traffic enforcement section of 20 percent of revenue generated to fund the procurement of the various components and consumables for effective operations.

The minutes also noted that revenue from traffic fines had significantly improved by over $103 000 thanks to the deployment of officers.

“Since February 2019, traffic enforcement in the city has significantly improved following the passout of 250 enforcement officers and their deployment on the roads.

“As a result of improved traffic enforcements activities, revenue inflows from traffic fines had substantially improved. During the weeks 4-9 and 11-16 March 2019, revenue inflows were (RTGS$103 000)”.