Zimbabwe: Ministry Resumes Upgrading of Road
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The Herald (Harare)
13 May 2008
Posted to the web 13 May 2008
Bulawayo
THE upgrading of the Bulawayo-Kezi Road has resumed with the Ministry of Transport and Communications employees working on a narrow stretch between Natisa Business Centre and Malundi Cattle Sales.
The widening of the road, which was suspended a few years ago, saw a stretch that had been worked on being damaged by rains that pounded the area between December and January.
The stretch between Natisa and Malundi Cattle Sales was badly damaged and the tarmac is now littered with potholes. On the other side of the stretch, vehicles coming from Kezi cannot give way to oncoming traffic because the road is now uneven.
A commuter omnibus driver who plies the Bulawayo-Maphisa route, who preferred to be referred to as Mr Ndlovu, urged Government to provide funds for the completion of the expansion of the road.
"Once completed the road would benefit a lot of people intending to travel to the district and could be a catalyst to the development of Kezi and Maphisa business centres," said Mr Ndlovu.
A businessman based at Kezi Business Centre said the state of road posed difficulties for them whenever they drove to Bulawayo to order stock.
"One has to think twice to drive to Bulawayo as the road was badly damaged. We incur a lot of expenses in replacing vehicle parts," he said.
A villager who resides in Marinoha area, a few kilometres from Maphisa Business Centre, Mr Edmore Nyathi, who was at Kezi Business Centre said the bad state of the road had contributed to the high fares which were being demanded by public transporters.
"Maphisa is not very far away from Bulawayo. If the road was in a good state, people wouldn't be paying high fares to reach here. Transporters are charging exorbitant fares because they are saying the road damages their vehicles and they need to replace the parts," he said.
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