Govt makes progress on rehabilitating roads
THE Government has continued to make progress on road rehabilitation in and around Harare ahead of the 2024 SADC Summit to be held in the capital in August.
The Second Republic has put infrastructure development on top of its agenda and attention has been directed towards road rehabilitation and construction, which are at various stages.
The Government, through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, recently embarked on massive road construction and maintenance works.
The road infrastructure, where the ministry shall apply asphaltic concrete overlay, includes Samora Machel (Jaggers to Kuwadzana Roundabout), Dieppe roundabout Glenara/Samora Junction Glenara/ED Mnangagwa Road, Dieppe roundabout Chiremba (through Braeside), Robert Mugabe/Rotten Row
Josiah Tongogara, Harare Drive roundabout Jaggers Nemakonde Way (Lomagundi Road selected sections), Simon Muzenda Street/Robert Mugabe
Junction to Tongogara Road, Simon Muzenda Street) Robert Mugabe Junction to Tongogara roads.
The ministry has initiated a procurement process for the above Greater Harare roads to engage the contractors that are compliant under Category A, to participate in the tender through competitive bidding, to ensure that there is value for money.
The ministry had anticipated that the procurement process for the Greater Harare Roads would be concluded by March 31, 2024 for works to commence.
So far, rehabilitation of roads in Braeside is underway, stretching from Dieppe traffic circle (Sorting Office) to Braeside ZRP School, OK Mart and back to Chiremba Road, while application of asphalt is in progress on Boulevard Road construction.
On the Harare-Chirundu road rehabilitation, there is upgrading and widening of the project, while priming is underway from Harare Drive to Westgate Traffic Circle.
Asphalt application is in progress on Crowhill Road rehabilitation project, on Borrowdale Road and on the Domboshava Road rehabilitation project.
Surfacing is also in progress on Harare-Chirundu Road dualisation, widening project [from Cork Road to Tongogara Road].
“We are paving way for a stronger, safer and more efficient transportation network,” the Ministry of Transport said.
Early this month, Julius Nyerere Way in central Harare, which was under construction, was reopened to traffic.
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona recently said major roads, flyovers and bridges, along with mini interchanges along roads in Harare and its environs ,that link with the US$88 million Mbudzi Traffic Interchange, would be rehabilitated or constructed.