Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:03:28 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA FOUR hundred and fifty million Kwacha has been raised from toll gates in 2016, National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) acting chief executive officer Wallace Mumba has disclosed. The three inland toll stations at Miyumbi, Kafulafuta and Kafue contributed around 10 percent of the overall annual toll revenue from the ports of entry and weighbridges. He said currently three permanent modern toll plazas were under construction in Shimabala, Mumbwa and Chisamba which would be commissioned within the first quarter of 2017. “Within 2016 NRFA has commissioned three toll stations using simple booth and boom technology and brought in new stream of revenue particularly for sustainable road maintenance and we raised K450 million in form of tolls from all collection points,” Mr Mumba said. Mr Mumba said the agency also had plans to open more toll gates in the first quarter of 2017 which was in line […]
