Residents at Mzimba Boma have expressed excitement w i t h rehabilitation works on roads within the town, saying the project will improve mobility.
In an interview on Monday, resident Suzgo Mvula said the upgrading of the earth roads to bitumen standards will improve transportation of commodities and give Mzimba Boma a facelift.
on the road. I Thokozire Timbani
“We have been struggling because the roads were in bad shape, especially motorists. So, we hope that this project will continue until the end unlike some that have been abandoned,” he said.
Another resident, Maxwell Nyirongo, from Chanthomba said for a long time, earth roads have been worrisome to motorists.
“We have been travelling in rugged earth roads which affected our cars in terms of maintenance. We feel better roads will help reduce maintenance costs on our cars,” he said.
Ny i rongo urged the cont rac tor to st i c k to standards and meet the project’s timeframe.
Pamodzi Consultancy Limited representative and site engineer Noordeen Itimu said one of the roads earmarked for tar is from Mzimba Market to Mzimba Bridge.
“Overall, the project is focusing on 16 kilometres of roads around Mzimba Boma. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the M’mbelwa District Council to ensure timely
delivery,” he said.
In a separate interview, M’mbelwa District Council director of lands and public works Allan Chitete said government is funding the construction works.
“We have been receiving complaints from people because there have been accessibility problems in the townships. So, this project will benefit them in the district,” he said.
Chitete said the council will sustain the project through periodic maintenance, cleaning the drainages, doing patches where potholes develop and general sensitisation for people not to tamper with the road structures and furniture.
For some time, residents at Mzimba Boma have been complaining about poor roads.
Unik Construction Engineering Limited won the contract to implement the project.
