Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:21:31 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE upgrading of the over US$3 billion Mansa-Luwingu Road in Northern Province is scheduled to be completed by end of next month, says the Road Development Agency (RDA). The contract to upgrade the road was awarded to China Henan International at a contract sum of US$310,795,882.71. According to RDA acting chief executive officer, Nchimunya Mulusa, works on the project were on-going with 94 percent physical progress achieved. Mr. Mulusa said the road, which was the main access to Chipili district was scheduled to be completed by February 21, 2018. “The 10 kilometres that are being done now is part of the Mansa-Luwingu US$242,000 road contract, a five-kilometre stretch will be upgraded to bituminous standard and the remaining five kilometres would be gravelled and compacted. “The main challenge being faced in the implementation of projects in the road sector is the limited financial resources to meet the […]
