A tender for the construction of an additional 10km of the Mahuhwe-Kanyemba Road has been awarded by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Work will now restart, a year after it was delayed due to Covid-19.
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Cde Douglas Karoro, a Mbire politician, stated that 10 kilometres of the road have already been completed and tarred and that building on the remaining 10 kilometres will begin after the rainy season. He hopes that the second Mahuhwe-Mushumbi section will be completed shortly. Two weeks ago, road building businesses submitted their proposals. This route is a nightmare for drivers, especially during the wet season.
Mahuhwe-Kanyemba Project and Road Safety
During the rainy season, small cars are unable to approach Mushumbi Shopping Centre. Cde Kararo are requesting that additional 10 kilometres be tarred as quickly as feasible. This leaves just 10 kilometres to Mushumbi without a tarmac road. Chitsungo Hospital is accessible via the Mahuhwe-Mushumbi Road. Cde Karoro stated that the Mushumbi-Kanyemba Road would be allocated to contractors, and they are requesting that the Ministry of Transport speed the process.
Kanyemba’s growth is currently the province’s main draw, as the government works to construct a town along the Zambezi shoreline. Kanyemba, according to Cde Karoro, is poised to increase the province’s worth and enhance the devolution drive. The landing bay on the Zambezi River has already been finished, as has the 6km road.
The building of the Mahuhwe-Kanyemba Road, which is important for Kanyemba’s development, was halted at the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak, and road construction machinery was removed from the site. Cde Karoro wants work on the road to begin quickly so that Mbire district, which is regarded as one of Zimbabwe’s least developed, may accelerate development. He said that the Muzarabani-Mahuhwe Road, which connects Muzarabani and Mbire, was similarly in poor condition, despite its importance in agricultural commodity transportation. Cotton cultivated in Mbire is processed in Muzarabani, where a ginnery is located. The Chidodo-Mahuhwe and Mushumbi-Chifaka highways, which connect the area to the Mozambique border, are also in need of restoration.
