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Tollgate contractors to be fined for missing December deadline
04 Mar 2011 at 10:08hrs | Views
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development has started fining contractors who missed the December deadline for completing the construction of 24 tollgates shelters across the country.
Ministry permanent secretary Partison Mbiriri revealed this when he appeared before the Transport and Communication Parliamentary Portfolio Committee this week to give oral evidence on the progress of tollgates construction in the country.
More Wear Industries face a penalty of up to US$36 000 if they fail to complete construction of nine tollgates in Matabeleland and Midlands by the end of this month.
The company, a subsidiary of Gulliver Consolidated Group, won the tender to construct nine tollgates in the southern provinces and should have completed them by the end of December 2010.
Harare-based Tega Steel won the tender to construct 15 structures in the northern provinces by the end of July this year. The combined tenders are worth US$1, 9 million.
"The contract was due to be completed by December 31 2010 and we have since invoked penalty clauses," Mbiriri told the committee. "The penalty is US$400 a day until they complete the project. The penalty is deducted from the company's future payments from the ministry."
Ministry permanent secretary Partison Mbiriri revealed this when he appeared before the Transport and Communication Parliamentary Portfolio Committee this week to give oral evidence on the progress of tollgates construction in the country.
More Wear Industries face a penalty of up to US$36 000 if they fail to complete construction of nine tollgates in Matabeleland and Midlands by the end of this month.
The company, a subsidiary of Gulliver Consolidated Group, won the tender to construct nine tollgates in the southern provinces and should have completed them by the end of December 2010.
Harare-based Tega Steel won the tender to construct 15 structures in the northern provinces by the end of July this year. The combined tenders are worth US$1, 9 million.
"The contract was due to be completed by December 31 2010 and we have since invoked penalty clauses," Mbiriri told the committee. "The penalty is US$400 a day until they complete the project. The penalty is deducted from the company's future payments from the ministry."
Source - Byo24News