Zimbabwe Highway Dualisation costs balloon to $2.4 billion

The cost of dualising the Beit-bridge Masvingo-Harare-Chirundu highway has almost trebled to $2.4 billion as it will have facilities for overnight truckers and plazas, an executive with IDBZ has said.

In 2003 the cost of dualising the 900km highway was pegged at $883 million and the latest figures have raised concerns from stakeholders who fear the project could have been overpriced.

But IDBZ executive director for infrastructure projects Desmond Matete said on Monday the amount tallied with the enormous work that would have to be done on the Highway.