Mr President, please fix Domboshava Road
APLEASANT day to you Mr President. I wish to express my concern over the poor state of our country’s road network and commend your government for the efforts it is putting in making sure our roads are rehabilitated.
It is important to mention that the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2) is doing a commendable job.
On a sad note, I think justice is not being done, particularly on the road linking Harare and Domboshava.
There are several suburbs linked to that road and it has become a death trap.
The road has become so narrow and potholed that some areas are now difficult to navigate.
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is in charge of the ERRP2 programme, also uses Domboshava Road. At the intersection of Helensvale and Domboshava roads, there are plenty of potholes and it seems nothing is being done to close them. I think Chiwenga should start by fixing the potholes at that intersection and then push the programme to extend along Domboshava Road.
In fact, Domboshava has become a huge peri-urban settlement that only needs fixing of roads.
There are now thousands of people that stay there, many of them commuting into Harare everyday.
The road now also needs widening so that it can accommodate more traffic.
I think government can first rehabilitate Pomona Road so that it reaches Hatcliffe, and then divert traffic to that road so that it can start working on Domboshava Road.
Imagining traffic from Domboshava, Hatcliffe, Sally Mugabe Heights, Charlotte Brooke and other parts of Borrowdale all squeezing together to fit into that small Borrowdale Road, it becomes so heavily congested.
It’s made worse by the vegetable market at Padust in Hatcliffe, which has encroached into the road and blocks traffic movement.
Something seriously needs to be done.
Pikirayi