Beitbridge-Harare Highway dualisation timelines to be set

Government and the financier of the $2,71 billion Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project are next week expected to agree on when the project should start.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joram Gumbo said they wanted the project to be completed within three years.

As such, the road will be segmented into at least eight portions to be worked on concurrently.

He said this was one of the issues to be discussed when they meet officials from Geiger International and its contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), on Monday.

Geiger International is an Austrian company based in China while CHEC is a subsidiary of state-owned China Communications Construction Company.