Government starts Harare-Beitbridge road dualisation process

Transport minister Joram Gumbo says government is restarting the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu road and rehabilitation of the country's border posts.

The minister said the move had been necessitated by the problems encountered on the Plumtree-Harare highway and other issues the State had overlooked, which led to the cancellation of an earlier tender.

Gumbo said the process would be segmented to involve more people, instead of giving the contract to one player. Gumbo also noted that Cabinet needed to discuss the projects before announcing the winning bidders.

The whole project is estimated to cost $2 billion, but Gumbo said costs were likely to increase given bridge constructions and border post redevelopments.