The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has started constructing two footbridges on Kafue road to reduce accidents that have claimed many lives of pedestrians crossing the road.
LCC Assistant Public Relations Manager, Habeenzu Mulunda confirmed the development in Lusaka today.
Mr. Mulunda said the construction of the footbridges started last month and was expected to take seven months before completion.
He said construction works were likely to be completed by December this year and were currently at design stage.
He said the city council has allocated K6.8 billion to construct two footbridges on the Kafue road.
Mr. Mulunda said one footbridge will be Downtown shopping complex while the other one will be at Metropolitan School on the same road.
He said Luseed Japanese Company and Zuthona Engineering Technologies have been awarded the contracts to construct the two footbridges.
Mr. Mulunda said the construction of the footbridges would greatly reduce the number of road traffic accidents along Kafue road.
He further said the bridges would also improve the pedestrian safety and help them in crossing the road, especially at peak hours.
Last year, the then Minister of Works and Supply Kapembwa Simbao announced that government would construct footbridges on Kafue road to reduce on the high number of people killed when crossing the road.
ZANIS
at last!
stop wasting money on a city that has been poorly designed.There no adjustments that could be made to lusaka to make it look better…uts already land wasted by our poor city planners.What should be done now is to consider another domant peace of land for city development.Stop also the use of abetos houses…we are only killing own pipo.Government please take a lead in the building of houses for the citezens.These should be your priority issues
Congrats, atleast we are getting some good news. Now try to work on express ways in the city, that way you will have a smooth flow of traffic. If you move people faster from one point to another you will have fast moving economy.
Let the physically disabled ,who use wheel chairs be considered when such bridges are being constructed. Understandably ,they are called footbridges not wheel chairs bridges. The Engineers can make provisions . Give the students in the depart of Engineering to think through.
lets hope it wont be another sloppy structure devoid of architectural beauty!
I hope they wont be as bad looking as the one at UNZA!!
#4 Youre right man !
#4 You are correct in considering handicapped access on infrastructure. public transportation, sidewalks, stores and such should all have handicapped access. This bridge will save lives. God speed in finishing up.
Kafue looks great,I wouldn’t mind investing there.How are you bonse pa mulabasa?
A simple zebra crossing with a traffic light to accomodate pedestrians is more cost friendly than building a foot bridge. It will just end up becoming an eyesore for the city like that abomination at lsk showgrounds.Those footbridges make lusaka look like a scene from MAD max or cyborg .Those walk over bridges look like dinosaur cages. Lusaka city planners have the planning skills of someone with the brain size of , how they lack foresight of such always amazes me.
This is where I do not understand how that two bridges can cost K6.8bn whereas one sub-standard bridge at UNZA gobbled more than K10bn. What is the matter with us kanshi? Let us hope it will not fall on vehicles once it is made.
Actually #7 and 8 there is need for more advocacy for structures that are user friendly that consider the wheel chair citizens . They suffer much mostly at Hospitals and clinics as they luck such special facilities
Ok lets go for a fly over bridge a bit better than that at kamwala.
Who gets a cut from this deal now? Is it the propriator of single sourcing investments plc himself?
I hope they do not elect something pathetic as the unza bridge,that structure lacks scenic beauty and full of redundant structural members.
since we have a wide road crossing, it is wise that they build a an arc bridge. The three-pinned arch offers the possibility of transporting members no longer than about half the span, and assembling the bridge with minimal disruption, if the road already exists.please since its in town try to put up a structure with less members,simple and plain,an aesthetically sound
structure.
#10 Slumdog shalupunga,A zebra crossing will just worsen the already exisiting traffic congestion,which will result in terrible delays (waste of time) and discomfort to motorist.A footbridge remains the most feasible option.
Goodevening late night bloggers.
The construction of the bridge is welcome. Lusaka still has enough capacity to become a very beautiful city.. even Rome was not biult in a day.
Less than 10 billion? kapoko can easily take care of that one.
Good move…
infrastructure development is most welcome…
Hello Mrs stevens Thenji, actually , when I see the beautiful places in London I ask myself why not have the same in Lusaka . The question becomes , is it that the plural of man is men and the plural of pan can not be pen ?and if there he ,his and him why not have she,shis and shim.And if the plural for box is boxes ,yet an ox is oxen not oxes . Let us have the best for our beloved Zambia
Simply put we need modern structures in Zambia. Modernity comes from along history of ,modulating and modulation to a level of acceptable standards
But the figure allocated is too big.
We have more pedestrians in Zambia than we do drivers, therefore, this is a welcome move. i remember ow hard it used to be to cross roads in Kitwe or lusaka….
Yes, ithink #4 has the point. Let UNZA students in the Engineering dept think thru’ the provisions for the Handicupt. Also the LUSE should provide valid building codes that guide the construction process thru’.
Great news. Lets also think of speed camerain such highways!
#10, last time i checked, lusaka drivers dont stop for anyone at pedestrian crossings. they just zoom past like they dont know what the lines on the road mean.
let them help the poor than the brigde
#24 ,We don’t want distructive testing, twachula pafula!!!
We needed this like yesterday! Too many lives have been lost on this road. Better than Zebra crossing, i think. Motorists regard Zebra crossings as a sign to ‘increase’ speed.
Good morning Bonse pa mulabasa! Hope and pray that you are all under God’s parental care.
Have a lovely time as you blog,and remember to give thanks to the Lord in all the circumstances.
Bye for now.
Matworld Nice Guy!
This is by no means to disrespect the disabled.The idea of introducing a provison of wheel chairs on a footbridge is good but practically its so costing.Since a foot bridge has to cross a road, it must have enough head room to allow vchicles pass under it.This means it has a considerable height which may require the installation of a mechanical system similar to that of an elevator to allow wheel chairs to be carried through.This of course entails installing gears and chains and electrical systems to run the elevators.The elevators of course will change the force distribution on the bridge,there is a likelyhood of introducing torsional stresses in the bridge since foot briges are so slender.I suggest that tunnels are best provisions for wheel chairs and we already have one close to findeco
This is a good move. That is why people vote !!
to allow vechiclesto pass,this means it should have a
Hi Ba #20, Iam good.
Its time they started using taxpayers money in the right direction unlike renovating Ministers houses as seen on previous threads!!
The best would have to put up tunnels. Knowing the guys in John Laing and Miss the bridges would end up being vandalised. Look at the foot bridge at Manda Hill nobody is using it aprt from street kids. That money would have been used better to construct drainage trenches. By the way what is the council doing about the traffic congestion in Lusaka. Burma and Chilumbulu Roads.
Believe me people will still cross those road without using those bridges(short cut). One wonders how people get hit by cars in Lusaka where traffic is so slow one can cross the road with eyes closed. Any way my cousin was once hit by a motor cycle(Honda as we all know it)) in mukushi (Yes weird but true)
I hear you will be charged to use the bridge. It is life saving and so people will pay.
#6
Ha,ha,ha! I stand to be corrected but iam so sure the companies contracted are the same ones that did the UNZA bridge. I hope they learnt their lesson last time.Remember that the UNZA bridge was dismantled and restarted again because the elevation was too steep! So in terms of looks i dont think we’ll see anything different meaning it will also have provision for the disabled. But the cost….? Kafue Rd is wider than G. East,surely shouldn’t it have cost more?
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#2 …… I concur…morning bloggers! Have a fab day!
The bridge is a good idea. Some i.diots in Lusaka dont slow down pa Zebra crossing. I nearly lost a leg as i was leisurely crossing pa pedestrian crossing. they dont stop! But to be fair i nearly ran over a woman (ichisuma zoona), but its because council doesnt paint imisebo regularly. The bridge is a good idea but it must look neat.
#35 Ka’doyo, yes traffic is slow but that’s at peak hours. On Saturday morning try crossing with your eyes closed, trust me they will be closed forever.
Roads that run on top of each other are simply impossible pa Zed….foot path, footbridge all the time. The job is just to still money for personal comfort?
Matworld @ shani bamudala wandi…long time!
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#40 very funny. I now know where to go when I am tired of life
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Iam good and you? Indeed its been a long time,these studies have really put me under pressure such that I can’t even have enough time to socialize with you my pipo.
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Later pipo I have maths test @ 15:15hrs so tubelengeko aka last.
I miss you so much mwe lupwa.
The LCC is quiet on street vendors. Those guys who trade along Lumumba Raod are risk to themselves and motorists. They conduct their business as though there is no law governing trading in designated areas. I wouldnt be surprised in futre to hear that a hundred pipo have been killed in road traffic accident in Lusaka. One day those heavy duty trucks will plough into many pipo or a mini bus being pursued by traffic police hitting or knocking down so many pipo. Those charged with public responsibilities should take firm action otherwise they are failing us. You cant have trading bing conducted on streets. Let us not politise the issue of illigal street vending. Its not a matter of survivor its just not normal. Teta where are you. LCC fathers who mainly PF where are you. Masembo tried best.
The footbridge is a good idea. In order for the city council to earn some revenue for maintenance, they should rent out some parts of the bridge for advertising companies (Aliance media, Grandad, etc) which will then pay the city council to put up those billboards of theirs on the footbridge like they have done with the Manda Hill footbridge and the UNZA footbridge.
If there is excess revenue from the ads that will be displayed, the council can use that for other projects like beautification of the city by planting some grass around the dusty patches of the city.
Otherwise good move, this will surely save a lot of lives. Especially since Donwtown shopping mall will be undergoing some expansions.
Mwana Wa Mbongo II
The council is doing something about the street vendors. It is being done in phases.
1. Construct modern markets in the city which is currently being done.
2. Make street vending and street markets illegal and only permit them to trade within their communities through markets.
3. Introduction of weekend markets which will be days where they will be allowed to trade in the CBD.
What is LCC doing to that plot on Church/Cairo Roads junction, formerly Fred Joe. The place is eye sore. The same LCC threatened to reposses reopened Shoprite Shop that got gutted by fire if it was not rebuilt and this was done to the now Firsbury Park formerly owned by Kavindele. The other building is on Freedom Way at one time a person got killed by a falling object. The council should work in conjuction with Local Government and Lands Ministries to find a s olution even say reposses and advertise to new developers. The LCC should address the curton box type of structures being erected in the city centre. Those look like warehouses meant to be in industrail parks. Should I assume its the same bucks pass under the table and express approval granted just like that. Come on wake LCC.
Also demolish those ugly struxtures in Kamwala
No cruelity now. Can they leave matters to engineers to do there work. I expect nice looking structure unlike the UNZA one considering the amount allocated.
This is the only country south of equator hwre bridges are bulit where there no rivers. Last rain season we lost lives in Chipata and other places as a result of vehicles and human beings getting swept by strong water currents on rivers with simple foot bridges. Dismantle that strcuture at Manda Hill and take it to Mpngwe, Masaiti or Kabompo.
Impressive.
PLEASE LET THIS FOOT-BRIDGE BE LIKE THE MANDA HILL NONSENSE. SURELY THERE MUST BE BEAUTY EVEN IN FOOTBRIDGES!
LT, I hope these constructive ideas somehow end up with the concerned institutions because these sentiments are serious on developing our country.
#55, i wonder whether those elep****ts do dare to read this progressive ideas. The only thing they do is gumbling, i will get this tender !you will supply the GMOs, he will procure mobile hospitals and list is endless. Kuyabebele 2011 ni zee!
Cheers the council, Please talk less and do more you characters
Consider developing other cities other than concentrating on a Congested city. Other cities also need development
Where exactly is this ‘bridge’ being contructed on the Kafue road. Is it at Mikes car wash(misisi), just after the traffic circle or where kanshi. Ba LT pleas tell us
#57
Is building a foot bridge development? Kwacha 10 Billion can build 3-10 four classroom blocks a Kaputa high School. K10B can build a maternity ward in Shang’ombo. This is just another scandal like ‘Mobile Hospitals’. Where are the IFA trucks today? We considered them development for the Army and Police. Where are they? Nosense
haa why can’t you build a bridge for my grand father in villege!!! he almost dead a month ago … swept in a flooded river. . . Why waist borrowed money in lsk
On 11 May 2009, I witnessed someone being hit by a car just near Metropolitan (chap is probably dead!). This is a welcome move. I have seen too many ghastly incidences. Lets hope the drunkards will also use the bridges coz they are mostly the ones being bashed.
the engineer #30 took us on with torsional stresses ,etc in explaining why it might not be a good idea to incorparate in the design factors ,for the inclusion of the disabled in the footbridge .well!
what a
shame .engineering provides solutions for the all people .the bridge
will in my view will not only serve lives but will in a small well decondest traffic in town.it may
bring ideals for someone to operate a private parking for those going into town or from town
.please stop being academic mr little knowledge and support the big picture .
and for the beauty of the design .in engineering people,sometimes we say function over
form.
#64 Ka fumbi I have designed more than 25 bridges and 15 viaducts,right now am making a contribution to the Eurocodes and for your own information we are teaching south africans and how to use the eurocodes which will be in effect by 2010 world wide.what I say is authentic and no engineer alive today can stand my enginuity,am stup!d when it comes to design,I work hard to be this stup!d.It so de-meaning to hear a retard in Africa south spit on me like that,you b!tch should praise me,you ‘re even lucky for me to respond to you.I walk with knowledge and I sleep on designs,what big picture is in a foot bridge,I shouldnt even be blogging in the first place,this is probably the last time am on this blog,b!tch.
meant #63
#64ho 25 bridges .thats repetitive .it kills creativity change jobs .eurocodes and south africans .what about them .is it self praise .i was involved on the munali nickel process plant-albidon .we were stuck on the assembly of the mill .anyway the solution came from a zambian
working on the copperbelt ,an engineer i bet without knowledge of the EC.it should be budget that should limit design and not your knowledge.i describe you as thinking thru repercussions of your previous actions .and on giving up on blogging .well thats up to you.iam yet to meet an intellectual ,scared to be questioned .uless u are misleading the public.i hope u are still not upset ,mr big knowledge
Cable stayed bridge,suspension bridge,Box girder bridge,truss bridge,Cantilever bridge,Arch bridge.Now tell me where is the repetition?.Right now am designing a floating bridge which will cross on Dubai Creek.Along side that I have done High rise structures as far as 243 storeys.The reason am quiting blogging is am too analytical to be understood by a bunch of ingoramus bloggers who can only appreciate social engineers.When ever I hear a name of a a structure I only see the flow of forces,stresses,strains,deflections in that structure.I think of its safety or its stability.I have to look at the moments,twisting,shear,etc.Its not my fault that am this way,thats just how God made me,I was born an Engineer,so tomake you happy I rather disappear for good and dwell with my fellow Engineers.
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#67 digital smoke . .where about are u .maybe we can hook up and ttaalllkkk.by the way iam an engineer too.so you wont run awat from an engineer.would you ,i mean that would be
career suicide.have you seen the mandela bridge in cetral joburg .what do you think of it.
# 4 you are right… the Kafue footbridge should not be like unza footbridge. Even old people are enable to us it. Should the engineers have no glue >> try my idea the under road footbridge instead of fly over bridge. It is easier and less costly 🙂
Old and disabled people are enable to use it. How to cross those roads with uphill footbridges?? the footbidges like here in Finland are well built either under the road/railway or fly over. tractors cleaning the road during winter can drive thru these footbridges. Why a footbridge built like a climber’s plractical ground for mountain climbing?? I mean upward instead of horizontal.
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