Government has signed a K160 billion contract with Shimizu Corporation for the construction of Phase One of the ring road to connect Mosi-Oa-Tunya road in Woodlands and Kafue road.
This follows the grant agreement signed between the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and the Zambian government last year to improve the living environment of Lusaka.
Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary, Bernard Namachila, said the project’s objective is construction of inner ring roads and connecting roads in the city to mitigate traffic congestion.
Mr Namachila revealed that the project will link Kasama road to Mosi-Oa-Tunya, Mosi-Oa-Tunya road to Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone, Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone to Kafue road, and will also improve Ben Bella road and link it to Los Angels road in Chibolya/Kanyama Townships.
He expressed gratitude to Japan for its support towards infrastructural development, especially in the road sector, adding that the sector is a foundation of sustainable socio-economic development.
In a press release made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today, Mr Namachila disclosed that his ministry disbursed K60 billion as compensation to property owners as stipulated in the 2012 national budget.
The Permanent Secretary added that the disbursed funds will also work to relocate service lines such as ZESCO power lines, water supply and sewer lines, and service providers’ installations to pave way for the construction of the ring road and drainages.
Mr Namachila also stated that preliminary designs for Phase Two of the Lusaka ring road to be constructed west of Lusaka linking Kafue road to Mumbwa road and Mubwa road to Great North road are scheduled to begin next year.
ZANIS
Well done Zambia and the PF government (and of course all previous governments!) Let us not abandon the Livingstone Stadium as well. We can build them concurrently with the Mongu one. It is imperative that the face of the tourist capital is lifted up too. Also let us stop the one sided development of the country. This as you know leads to urban influx of people. Let us spread development to all areas. God be with you all!
Let us have dual carriage ways of the Great North Road, Great East Road, Mongu – Lusaka, Luapula, and North Western Province roads as well! Go Zambia, go!
This is great news. However, I wish they would commence this project in town particularly Cairo, Chachacha, Freedom way and Lumumba rd. The traffic going in and out of town via Church, Great East and Independence rds. is a real nightmare.
A lot of the pressure on the inner city roads like Cairo and Church rd is due to the absence of ring roads which leads to traffic which has no business being in the city centre passing through their anyway as their are no alternative alter routes from vehicles moving  from north to west or east or from south to Easter west etc. When the rising roads are in place this will reduce pressure on the inner city roads
This sounds like some small backwater road project to backward areas like chibolya and kanyama.Go to Jo’burg,Cairo or Nairobi to see what some serious ring roads should look like.
One step at a time. The rest of the infrastructure in Lusaka can not justify putting up the highway infrastructure that is in Johannesburg. Your comparison is somewhat misplaced. That is like comparing Fnb (former soccer city) stadium to the new Levy Mwanawasa stadium in Ndola and saying it is useless just because it isnot as grand when in reality it does meet the needs of ZambiA
Good. But do not neglect the basic development of other towns.
Also give some shape to newly created Districts. Don’t spend all the Trillions we borrowed on Lusaka alone.
This a Japanese grant aided project iwee ! It will have no effect on other government funded projects.
Viva RB Â
Nice one ba PF!
Wow i like this.This has made my evening.I will drink to that :)
ABAUME BAUME. THIS IS WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT. CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION. ABALI SERIOUS JOINENI FYE TUBOMBELE CALO. VIVA PF, VIVA SATA.
#3, DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT A RING ROAD IS? YOU SHOULDN’T BE COMMENTING ON SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND. THE PROBLEMS OF CONGESTION YOU ARE MENTIONING IS THE PURPOSE OF A RING ROAD- TO DE-CONGEST THOSE ROADS YOU HAVE MENTIONED. MULEIPUSHA FIRST ATI, KODI RING ROAD NI CHANI?
Lol!!
When i saw the name Shimizu, thats what has excited me….
They way they did Great East Road was good!
Seleni tubombeko!
Hii ni habari njema lakini GRZ isitusahau kule kwetu Nakonde na Tunduma ambapo tuko na biashara zaidi kati yetu na Tz.Barabara zetu ni mbaya sana na ndizo huleta vifaa na mafuta katika nchi yetu.
# Nairobi has no ring road to talk about as yet. It’s just under construction and they are taking extremely long to finish the project. You may be right about Jo’burg and Cairo. Way to go Zed! a good road network makes a huge difference. I think we are on track.Â
Sorry,i confused their by-passes and their complexly finished Tirka rd (sp)with the as yet to finish ring rd.
Mr.Sata my hands are up and waving in total surrender, take me prisoner into your camp. The projects you are initiating tells alot . Twatotela.
ahede, viva pf
#11 i agree with you the name shimizu is a great name and expecially that they handle all financies not leaving alot of room for nichekeleko yet exellent output in all aspects…well done PF
Yah but where is the money for all these things??
you havent read the article man? GO BACK AND CHECK YOUR WORK!, remember after exams? read the story before you coment or ask. you worry so much as if its your house.
selauko tubombeko…..pipo shud now realise wat PF intends to do for Zambia
Ba PF ichiselema, that ka Euro Bond will run out before the end of this year.
Shimizu does an excellent job because they don’t entrust financial functions to residents of Sangwapo… they work directly with the Zambian government and its people… Sangwaporeans raid ACC offices and drag their office-bearers from their elective offices…
Big up PF for implementing Mwanawasa’s initiative. But please consider putting up flyover bridges on distinctive junctions for the project to be tangeable
PF has scored
YOU, Shimizu where is the ring road?
YOU, Namachila have you signed the contract?
YOU, Permne t secretary bring me water
YOU, JICA can you also fund office of my concubine
I am only  constructing the opening speech….
Excellent work by our government. Thts my president at work. Well done ur excellency nd th entire GRZ. Thanku….
Weldone PF you deserve long live to reign us.
By the way, the govt for the people,by the people and of the people should show people the computer images how the ring roads will look like before under five with his haters damn fools start propaganda and instilling fear and panic in lusaka people.
Good observation. Put the ring roads on billboards for the people to see.Â
Great news indeed. This is what we want from you Sata and Friends. Work well for the Zambians and dont steal our money in the same way MMD did, I can assure you that come 2016, you will sail through so easily ,but if you steal like MMD did, then count yourselves out.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.
No. 22 your are right. Every road and traffic engineer knows that junctions are the major causes of traffic congestion and accidents. Flyover bridges and interchanges although expensive to build are the only solution to free flow of traffic. The congestion at Kafue roundabout and some sections of Lumumba road are a nightmare indeed. I just hope that the junctions of the proposed ring roads with Kafue Road or any major highway will not be ordinary junctions but flyovers otherwise those junctions will be potential accident spots. Robots do not help.Â
any google earth maps for this project? It looks like a good project for starters,but we need to continuously work on upgrading our roads as the population and number of vehicles keep increasing
Seleni tutombeko
This is great news, we have lots of hope in the new government, please don’t disappoint us! FTJ started in like manner but became too drank with power and he said ‘I didn’t know power was so sweet’. So, don’t just work one term, it should become your lifestyle.