Staff Reporter
Founding Director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), Farai Maguwu, has become one of the high profile Government critiques to be charmed by President Mnangagwa’s EDeliver road works that are now in the hinterland of Harare following the commencement of works on the Harare- Chirundu Road.
Taking to his social media handle X, (formerly Twitter), Maguwu lauded Government for delivering on its promise to rehabilitate the country’s roads following President Mnangagwa’s February 2021 declaration of a State of Disaster on the country’s roads network.
The declaration led to the launch of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme, which has resulted in massive revamping of both rural and urban road networks.
An ecstatic Maguwu has also been charmed by the work ethics of the contractors.
“I observed that Leopold Takawira has been resurfaced from Tongogara to Lomagundi – last stretch done within 3-4 days. Well done. Given that ED declared our roads State of Disaster 3 years ago, road construction must be a 24/7 activity,” Maguwu said.
Maguwu’s observation comes in the wake of Government’s progress report revealing that 472.65 kilometres of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Road has been opened to traffic, with 107.35 kilometers left to complete.
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Prof Mthuli Ncube, is on record saying, “Once completed, the road will provide improved connectivity, and economic opportunities for the people of Zimbabwe.
“It will also make travel safer and more efficient for those travelling between the capital city, the border town of Beitbridge and the region.”
Under the Second Republic, Zimbabwe has witnessed massive revamp of the country’s road networks.
In Mashonaland Central Province, works have been accelerated on the following road networks: Harare-Bindura Shamva; Bindura-Matepatepa-Mt. Darwin; Chimhanda-Rushinga; Muzarabani-Mahuwe; St Alberts-Dotito and Harare-Guruve-Kanyemba Road as well as the Ndodahondo-Mukumbura Border Post.
The modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and construction of Mbudzi Interchange in Harare are ongoing.
These and other projects undertaken to date are enhancing internal connectivity as well as establishing Zimbabwe as a regional gateway into the Continent.
