Joy For Travellers As Chivhu 2,6Km Bypas Road Is Now Complete

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National and international traffic no longer has to inch through Chivhu town centre, and the residents no longer have to fear for their lives every time they cross their main street, with the new 2,6km by-pass built by Government as part of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway now taking the strain.

From today the old road going through the town center is closed, or rather it is now a side turning for those who want or need to visit the district hub, buy a meal or anything else while the through traffic skirts the town.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona, Government, and Zinara officials yesterday toured the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway to assess the impressive progress made thus far.

In an interview, Minister Mhona said: “We have a bypass which is about 2,6km and we have given a public notice that we are going to be closing the old road with effect from tomorrow (today). I am also grateful that as we then pass through the town, we are going to beautify Chivhu,.

“When roads or other key infrastructure are developed, contractors are expected to go a step further and improve the areas so that communities realise the value of the development that is taking place in every part of the country, leaving no one and no place behind as espoused by President Mnangagwa.

“For Masvingo City the upgrade was different. This city has a 10km stretch of dual carriage way at each end, so that the national traffic and the city traffic do not, between them, clog the highway. And since it is the major highway and main city road, solar street lights are being erected so traffic can keep flowing, Minister Mhona said.

“We are also going to make sure that we have flowers along the highway which is the normal and best practice that we are partaking in as the Second Republic,” he said.

Mhona added that the work rate on Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway will increase after the rain season.

“I am also happy that as we then move along the road you were seeing, yes it has been raining, but works are ongoing and people will see accelerated progress soon after the rains,” he said.