Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi says government is working desperately to ensure that the Sesheke Road in Southern Province is constructed.
He says the livingstone sesheke road was key economic road that government was committed to working on for easy transportation of goods to bordering countries.
Mr Milupi was speaking to journalists during a press briefing in Livingstone before touring the two bridges of Libuyu Maramba and Ngwenya that were damaged due to heavy rains.
The Minister highlighted that it was government policy that no community was cut off from road connection.
“When that happens, it becomes an emergency, this is why we are visiting the sites for the two bridges to see what quick, on the spot decisions we can make to ensure that communities are reconnected back to neighbouring communities.” Mr Milupi said.
Mr Milupi added that Central government was also working on diverting heavy vehicles away from the Livingstone town centre.
He said that the government through partnerships with Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) council will divert the heavy vehicles.
And Minister of Tourism Rodney Sikumba said government was set to implement a 100 Million United States Dollars World Bank funded Green Resillient Transformational Tourism Project (GREAT TDP) aimed at upgrading tourism Infrastructure in Livingstone.
Mr Sikumba highlighted that under the project, Livingstone will benefit eight million US dollars , including the installation of 1,000 streetlight poles to enhance safety and improve the city’s appeal.
“1000 streetlight poles will be put up in the city of Livingstone, we are planning for Zambia, the City of Livingstone and future generations,” Mr Sikumba said.
Meanwhile Livingstone District Commissioner Eunice Nawa disclosed that the two washed away brigdes of Libuyu Maramba and Ngwenya will be repaired at a total cost of not less than eight hundred thousand kwacha.
Ms Nawa said that the works will be conducted using the disaster component of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
“The total cost of repairing the 2 bridges will be K893,000 and the disaster component of CDF will be used,” said Ms Nawa.
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1000 light poles in Livingstone don’t believe it , first poles are 50m apart that means that is 50km of street lighting, most of Livingstone already has street lights except to the falls and Kuz road those 2 roas are only 8km and 5km to Zawa check point, even if they did use all 1000 poles where is the power coming from considering we load shed 18 hrs to 22 hrs a day .