Govt seeks K50bn for Zimba-Livingstone road

Govt seeks K50bn for Zimba-Livingstone road
By Bright Mukwasa in Mulobezi
Monday April 07, 2008 [04:00]

WORKS and supply minister Kapembwa Simbao has said the government needs about K50 billion to work on the Zimba-Livingstone road. In an interview after inspecting road works in Southern Province last week, Simbao said the road was becoming a source of concern and required to be attended to immediately.

Simbao said the Zimba - Livingstone road could have been worked on but the government was awaiting money form donors which had not yet been made available.
He said it was a pity that the road had continued to be in a deplorable state.

“We will start doing the road while we await donor money; there’s money from the European Union but it has not been made available due to some complications concerning paper work, so we need to put something aside, like K50 billion, for the road,” Simbao said.

He also said the contractor working on the Mulobezi road had temporarily stopped works because they required extra money for gravel for the road. He also expressed concern at the Sesheke - Livingstone road which had developed cracks.

Simbao reiterated the need to start redesigning most bridges in the country in order to make them stronger to brave natural calamities like floods.