ITALIAN Company To Construct PEDICLE Road At A Cost Of K313 BILLION

THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT has signed a contract with an Italian Firm to construct the 67KM Pedicle road which connects Copperbelt and Luapula Provinces through the Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC).
Luapula Province Minister Davis Mwila disclosed this Thursday 11/10 that an Italian firm Fratoli Locki has signed the contract to construct the pedicle road from it’s current gravel road to a Bitumen one.
He disclosed that the project will cost K313 Billion and it will take 24 months (2 years) to be completed. The works are expected to start next year 2012 and finish in 2013.
Mwanawasaa bridge has already been built which connects Luapula (Chembe) and (Mwenda) Democratic Republic of Congo.
The pedicle road becomes impassable during the rainy season and the construction of the road into a bitumen one will be a step in the right direction.
A Mufulira based Contractor AMC owned by Chibwe Musubila had been doing some annual routine maintenance for the past 10-15 years.
The Zambian government will bare the all costs of the project.
But what is not yet clear is whether the K313 Billion road project was subjected to tender procedure or not.

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35 Responses to ITALIAN Company To Construct PEDICLE Road At A Cost Of K313 BILLION

John

November 11, 2011 at 5:05 am

imwe ba tumfweko – how can a contract be signed without being subjected to tender? Thats long gone, burried with MMD!
kamwendo

November 11, 2011 at 5:20 am

THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPPEN, we will pay for a road, AFTER WHICH WE WILL START PAYING USER FEES TO ALL SORT OF ROGUES!!! THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE HALTED, though I have ties in Luapula, I THINK THIS IS A WHITE ELEPHANT FOR Z, WHILST A FREE GIFT FOR DRC!! WE COULD BETTER SPEND THIS MONEY ON HEALTH & EDUCATION!!
nick

November 11, 2011 at 5:35 am

This road will be a life blood of northen and luapula even CB provinces. Once nakonde-mbala, kasama-luwingu-mansa rds r complete, it will a route of choice for goods going into and out of CB and beyond. So how does that become a white elephant ba Kamwendo? We r not building for today but for tomorrow.
Muzo

November 11, 2011 at 5:42 am

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Champi

November 11, 2011 at 5:54 am

Its a good thing. Any one who has go Luapula from the CB will realy appreciate the nid to have it tarred. As umwaushi kabachiite ifyofine.
SOS

November 11, 2011 at 6:06 am

zats ze best zay can do fo luapula ad cpb
TK

November 11, 2011 at 6:20 am

Us wo r in Luapula r so hapi wit this development. Journey frm mansa 2 Muf wl now b takin not mo than 2 hrz. Thanx 2 the govt of the day!
Tj

November 11, 2011 at 6:22 am

Wasnt that contract signed in the rb govnt
kumbuso

November 11, 2011 at 6:31 am

@kamwendo,
You not in zambia ryt? Are you aware that pedical road is mostly used by zambians? Which white elephant are talking about? If you have nufn to criticise better shut your a.s.s up. This wiil help people not to spend more by using tuta road.
Wren

November 11, 2011 at 6:57 am

Some people like Kamwendo should just be spared from commenting on whatever they say because they dont understand what meaning development is. They always want to criticise! Thanks guys in government for this development. I understand this very well.
Yusuf Lule

November 11, 2011 at 7:14 am

Mulekeni Kamwendo napena-even when Presido Mwanawasa talked about ubulalo they were in the past so just leave such pipo stay on the past nga panga umusebo wikapitamo- WALITIPWA
Yusuf Lule

November 11, 2011 at 7:15 am

Mulekeni Kamwendo napena-even when Presido Mwanawasa talked about ubulalo they were in the past so just leave such pipo stayin the past nga panga umusebo wikapitamo- WALITIPWA
impwa

November 11, 2011 at 7:25 am

dnt spend yo time tolkin abt chikamwendo he’s a fu kamwendo,rb,kunda,siliya,chanda chimbwi,shikapwasha are same they cnt appreciate,
BembaMan

November 11, 2011 at 7:39 am

67km @ K313bilion a km is costing at least k4.5bilion…. how much should a km cost???? This is on the higher side please tender the job…. that is single sourcing…
Sils

November 11, 2011 at 7:46 am

Some pipo are so uncivilised.kumwenda is jus expressing his views and u start insulting him.the benefits of this road wil b great but we should not ignore the fact that the road wil be through zaire.that is a nother country.do u think they will allow u to use there land for free. They might allow us to enjoy its benefits wen its built ,but we do not no wat will happen in the long run. There is always a price to pay for ignorance.k313 billion may too high a price.
`Embattled citizen

November 11, 2011 at 8:02 am

how can we build such an expensive road through another country….are we always going to be at peace with DRC? i suggest that there must be a partnership with DRC in the construction of this road. otherwise find other means of making this road completely through zambia.
Anani Koffi

November 11, 2011 at 8:13 am

I dont think this is the best road to start with.
1) wasting such an amount contructing a road in a foreighn country just seems idiotic to me.
2) our neighbours are very unstable.
Dora Sily-Her has spoken!!!!

November 11, 2011 at 8:37 am

its nice development!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gelo wepa Zed

November 11, 2011 at 9:07 am

Mwebantu mwe, Iwe Kamwendo let us who use this road enjoy the benefits. A lot of lives has been lost due to the bad state of the road. Ala apomulanga ubututu napafintu ifyo mushishibe, Zambians use this road much more than congolese. If Congolese were using this road as much as we use it, they could have maintained it. Trucks upon trucks from Mansa and Kitwe use this road. Kwena Kamwendo uli chikopo. Do not expose your ignorance on such things.
tonyc

November 11, 2011 at 9:16 am

oppose with points and facts kamwendo dont think all the development that comes will benefit you as an individual waumfwa
Arch TUTU

November 11, 2011 at 9:17 am

BembaMan
Road used to cost about USD 500,000 per km. the current cost is about USD 1 million. Some factors now are the weak value of the dollar, consideration of the drainage system as a critical component of the road, as well as other road furniture. USD 1 million translate into 5 billion kwacha.
Mwine Mushi

November 11, 2011 at 9:32 am

Fratelli Locci is a corrupt company with links to Andrew Bwezani Banda. This is the same company which won a contract that was 60 billion kwacha more than China Hinan. 2% of the contract sum was commission for Andrew paid to his Stanbic account while his company AB Logistics received unexplained transfers into it’s Indo bank account
Shoko Sugi

November 11, 2011 at 9:32 am

Ba Tumfweko naimwe. ati project will take 24months(2years). It will start in 2012 and end in 2013. yashani iyi.
Wanu Ngwee

November 11, 2011 at 10:49 am

WAS THIS SINGLE SOURCED? THERE OBVIOUSLY COULD’NT HAVE BEEN A TENDER RUNNING OVER A 30 DAY PERIOD AND AWARDED WITHIN THE SHORT TIME OF THIS PF GOVT, SO HOW DID IT HAPPEN? I THOUGHT SATA HAD STOPPED ALL “SHODDY” DEALS INITIATED BY RB’S GOVT! IT SEEMS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MMD AND THE PF GOVTS IS THAT THEY ARE THE SAME – WE’VE SEEN IT WITH THE CHINESE STORY…
Bantustan

November 11, 2011 at 11:43 am

Ba Tumfweko, if as reported the road will take 24 months (2 years) to complete, and it starts in 2012, then it should be completed in 2014 according to my mathematics, and not 2013 as stated above
Ngosa

November 11, 2011 at 11:53 am

Iwe chishoki sugi ne chinobe mulifikopo sana.count frm jan2012 -dec2012 there are 12months.jan2013-dec2013 there are 12months.12+12=24.go back to grade 1
Bashi Chalwe

November 11, 2011 at 11:59 am

shoko 2yrs from january 2012 to december 2013 is how many years? ni 2 yrs naimwe… i never knew how bad this road is until i used it 2wks ago. this is purely a Zambian road en has no connections to other congo routes… we nid it upgraded though the cost looks high.. am not a road engineer but i stll think over K300bn on one road is too too much. we nid peddicle road tarred tho.
kalu

November 11, 2011 at 12:02 pm

It will cost about 4.67Billion per kilometre
Kap's

November 11, 2011 at 12:03 pm

@Bantustan & Shoko Sugi…What maths are you talking about?Pliz stop exposing your ignorance twapapata,tumfweko is very right.
2012-13 thats to years my friend.
2012 January – December (12months).
2013 January-December (12 months).
12 + 12 =24 (2years).
Ubukopo some of you katwishi ngabamilowafye.
Wanu Ngwee

November 11, 2011 at 12:25 pm

SO MUCH OF MATHEMATICS, NOW HERE’S THE ANSWER:

BOTH OF YOU ARE RIGHT:

1. THOSE SAYING 2012 – 2013 IS TWO YEARS ARE CORRECT IF CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START IN JAN 2012.(WHICH IS UNLIKELY, KNOWING BOMA)

2. THOSE SAYING 2012 – 2013 IS NOT NOT 2 YEARS ARE ALSO RIGHT IF CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START AFTER JAN 2012.

BUT HERE’S MY QUESTION: IF THE ROAD LINKING C/BELT AND LUAPULA HISTORICALLY PASSED THROUGH ZAIRE, ARE WE OBLIGED TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO? THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND THERE MAY BE A NEW REGIME THAT PROHIBITS ZAMBIANS FROM USING THIS ROAD. IS THE DRC GOVT VIEWING AND TREATING THIS AS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FROM ZAMBIA (SINCE THEY USE THE ROAD MORE THAN US)?
Kyle

November 11, 2011 at 12:28 pm

…and ‘em current regime were busy admonishing the previous regime for allowing road contractors charge K2 Billion per Km, howzt working out for ‘em, now that they’re the regime, ready to pay K313Billion for 67Km?! Nonsensical Politics!! It’s ALL balderdash!!!
messenger

November 11, 2011 at 12:43 pm

Good stuff. Kitwe Mansa will be a 75 minutes journey instead of the 5 – 6 hours we spend there. Kitwe residents who cant manage house rentals can relocate to Mansa and continue working in Kitwe.
Ba T

November 11, 2011 at 1:22 pm

Ba Tumfweko,
Can somebody please update us on the plans regarding a dual carriage along the deadly and notorious Kitwe/Chingola road! This road has claimed many lives and I remember that it was one of the campaign issues by the PF in the run up to the Sept 20 elections. Somebody please give an update.
ruks

November 11, 2011 at 1:43 pm

what road and whcih tender procedure.. you have started corruption within 2 months.. is this the money in politicians pokets.. through congo will congo contribute something? just because you come from congo
kaps

November 11, 2011 at 4:29 pm

@ Ba T…Yes someone to give us an insight of the talks that are going on on the dangerous,deadly and notorious kitwe/chingola road..Are we going to see a new a dual carrage in the shortest possible time or not?
This road has claimed alot of lives and we cant just sit and watch pipo die uncontrolably,someone should speed up the process of having a dual carrage.
Pliz the authority that be,we have witnessed enough fatal accidents between this (turpan trafic light to chingola road cementry:especialy at the ka mindolo stream) area.
Twapapata tumfweniko naifwe.