LUSAKA-NDOLA ROAD BIDS TO START
By Masauso Mkwayaya
Government will next week start the official bidding process for the construction of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway.
Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Minister CHARLES MILUPI says an advert calling for bids will be issued.
Mr. MILUPI says government has already received a number of unsolicited bids on the project and some are proposing to work on the road at a cost which is 40-percent lower than the initial 1 -point -2 billion dollars projected by the previous regime.
And Mr. MILUPI says the project will uphold the three conditions set by President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA of ensuring that construction works are done at the right price and delivered to the right quality in a timely manner.
The Infrastructure Minister said this in Ndola when he paid a courtesy call on Copperbelt Province Minister ELISHA MATAMBO.
And Mr. MATAMBO said the Lusaka-Ndola road is in a bad state and needs to be worked on urgently because it connects other parts of the country to the Copperbelt which is an economic hub.
Mr. MATAMBO also asked the infrastructure Minister to consider working on other roads in the Province such as the Chingola-Kasumbalesa, Ndola-Mufulira, Mufulira -Mokambo and Chibuluma roads among others.
Mr. MILUPI is leading an entourage of Road Development Agency -RDA- officials who are inspecting road projects on the Copperbelt and North Western Provinces.