Kazungula Bridge project set for June THE construction of the US$259 million Kazungula Bridge is expected to start next month, Road Development Agency (RDA) chief executive officer Bernard Chiwala said. The Kazungula Bridge is a joint project between Zambia and Botswana being financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA).“Zambia and Botswana will start building a US$259 million bridge in June to replace the ferry service between the two states, [the bridge will] be completed in four years,” Mr Chiwala told journalists in Lusaka, recently.The bridge will help improve transport between the mineral-rich regions of Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.The project is expected to be completed in 2018.Mr Chiwala also said the contract would be awarded to the eligible bidder on Monday in Botswana.He, however, could not name the preferred bidder. ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 05:19:48 +0000
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