Sunday Mail ReporterGovernment will rope in more contractors to rehabilitate the Harare-Beitbridge highway in order to expeditiously complete the three-year project and prevent project costs from escalating. It is believed that the scope of the five contractors — Tensor Systems, Masimba Construction, Fossil Contractors, Exodus and Company, and Bitumen World — currently working on the road might possibly be broadened through the allocation of additional kilometres, depending on their performance. Fossil Contractors is responsible for the Masvingo-Chatsworth stretch. Initially, Geiger International, an Austrian company, was awarded the tender to rehabilitate the highway. The highway, however, is now too narrow to accommodate the heavy traffic flow that has been increasing over the years.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 08, 2020 22:07 UTC