By Tafanana Kwedu

Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Prof. Mthuli Ncube says government has released ZWL361.5 million for the completion of two major roads in Manicaland Province.

The two roads, Birchenough- Murambinda and Wengezi-Skyline roads received ZWL360 million and ZWL1.5 million respectively.

“Infrastructure development is our priority. These two roads will be completed before year end,” Prof. Ncube said.

Birchenough- Murambinda (141 km) is under upgrade while Wengezi-Skyline was damaged by Cyclone Idai in 2019.

Apart from these two roads, Mutare-Nyanga Road and Nyanga-Ruwangwe roads are also under rehabilitations. Other roads currently being rehabilitated include Harare-Beitbridge, Harare-Chirundu and Bulawayo- Victoria Falls roads.

The development of the country's road network is a key enabler to the envisaged economic activity that is expected to drive the attainment of an upper middle income economy by 2030. To this end, Government has been on a massive road rehabilitation and construction programme in all the provinces.