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ZimbabwePorts of entry get boost
27 Aug 2023 at 09:54hrs | Views
GOVERNMENT has started overhauling and refurbishing three of the country's major ports of entry and highways that connect Zimbabwe to the region.
The country is looking to cement its status as a regional transport hub and preferred gateway for north-south traffic.
Work on the Kazungula One-Stop Border Post has commenced, with adjustments being made on existing infrastructure on the Zimbabwean border; while Forbes Border Consortium was recently awarded a tender to refurbish the Forbes Border Post.
The rehabilitation of the Nyamapanda Border Post will be implemented as part of the Harare-Nyamapanda road project.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development Engineer Theodius Chinyanga said work had already begun on the three border posts.
"The Forbes Border Post project was awarded to Forbes Border Consortium through a Cabinet approval. The consortium is currently working on the detailed proposal.
"The Nyamapanda Border Post is being implemented as part of the Harare-Nyamapanda road project, which is currently undergoing concession negotiations," he said.
"The Government of Zimbabwe engaged a consultant to develop detailed designs for the one-stop border post, the road and other related border post infrastructure."
The US$259 million Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River and one-stop border post facilities were commissioned in May 2021, with Zimbabwe joining the Kazungula Bridge project in phase two last year.
Engineer Chinyanga said Government is working on a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate and modernise the country's ports of entry.
Other ports of entry to be remodelled and rehabilitated are the Chirundu and Plumtree border posts.
Government is also exploring plans to develop a second border post across the Limpopo River, to enhance movement and connectivity.
Similar plans are in the pipeline for the Machipanda Border Post between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Recently, President Mnangagwa commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post, and called for an overhaul and refurbishment of all ports of entry in the country.
The President said modern border posts, coupled with requisite ancillary infrastructure, will establish Zimbabwe as a regional transport and facilitator hub.
"Our vision is of a seamless network, which is free of bottlenecks.
"That means infrastructure at all our ports of entry must be made to purpose and to high international standards," wrote President Mnangagwa in his weekly column in The Sunday Mail recently.
"It also means all major roads traversing our territory and linking all our border posts must be made to international standards."
The country is looking to cement its status as a regional transport hub and preferred gateway for north-south traffic.
Work on the Kazungula One-Stop Border Post has commenced, with adjustments being made on existing infrastructure on the Zimbabwean border; while Forbes Border Consortium was recently awarded a tender to refurbish the Forbes Border Post.
The rehabilitation of the Nyamapanda Border Post will be implemented as part of the Harare-Nyamapanda road project.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development Engineer Theodius Chinyanga said work had already begun on the three border posts.
"The Forbes Border Post project was awarded to Forbes Border Consortium through a Cabinet approval. The consortium is currently working on the detailed proposal.
"The Nyamapanda Border Post is being implemented as part of the Harare-Nyamapanda road project, which is currently undergoing concession negotiations," he said.
"The Government of Zimbabwe engaged a consultant to develop detailed designs for the one-stop border post, the road and other related border post infrastructure."
The US$259 million Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River and one-stop border post facilities were commissioned in May 2021, with Zimbabwe joining the Kazungula Bridge project in phase two last year.
Engineer Chinyanga said Government is working on a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate and modernise the country's ports of entry.
Other ports of entry to be remodelled and rehabilitated are the Chirundu and Plumtree border posts.
Government is also exploring plans to develop a second border post across the Limpopo River, to enhance movement and connectivity.
Similar plans are in the pipeline for the Machipanda Border Post between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Recently, President Mnangagwa commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post, and called for an overhaul and refurbishment of all ports of entry in the country.
The President said modern border posts, coupled with requisite ancillary infrastructure, will establish Zimbabwe as a regional transport and facilitator hub.
"Our vision is of a seamless network, which is free of bottlenecks.
"That means infrastructure at all our ports of entry must be made to purpose and to high international standards," wrote President Mnangagwa in his weekly column in The Sunday Mail recently.
"It also means all major roads traversing our territory and linking all our border posts must be made to international standards."
Source - Sunday Mail
