Zimba Town Council To Upgrade 12 Feeder Roads Through Devolution Grant, CDF

Zimba Town Council says it will commence works on the submitted feeder roads as soon as the hired supporting equipment to the available Constituency Development Fund (CDF) procured Motor Grader arrives this month.

The Local Luthority through its Department of Planning and Engineering yesterday, received 12 priority roads from all Ward Development Committee (WDC) Chairpersons and Councilors to be worked by the local authority during the first phase of the program.

According to the Council, the Project will be funded through the Devolution Grant from Central Government and Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

Council Chairperson Loveness Chigora says the Local Authority has since engaged various stakeholders on the need to identify feeder roads to be prioritized for upgrading under phase 1 of the road rehabilitation project in the district.

Addressing the residents, Ms. Chigora states that the purpose of engaging stakeholders is to ensure that members of the community are fully involved in identifying projects that should be implemented by government in their locality.

Ms. Chigora states that Phase one of the project will see the facelifting of 12 feeder roads with each Ward benefiting a single road connecting health and education facilities in the district.

And Council Secretary Collins Simoonga says the upgrading of roads will be done methodically such that all wards will have an equal share and eventually benefit the entire district, so as to link farmers to the market in a bid to enhance the local economy.

Meanwhile, Chief Sipatunyana’s representative, Victor Sindowe has commended the government for coming up with the road rehabilitation project which will change the state of roads in the district.
Zimba district has had a poor road network from the time it was declared a district eleven years ago.