Tawanda Homba
Chivi–President Mnangagwa is set officially open the rehabilitated Shurugwi –Mhandambwe road on Thursday at Mukandapi Business Centre.
Mukandapi which is in the Midlands Province is 20km from Mandamabwe Business Centre along Shurugwi Road.
The road which is a shorter route between Gweru and Beitbridge was initially a gravel road and was tarred by Gansu a Chinese company in the early 1990s.
After the construction by the Chinese company the road only lasted one single rain season as it was impassable due to sinkholes and uneven surface sometimes with a stretch of a km enduring humps on the 112km stretch.
The Second Republic started the rehabilitation of the important link road from Chivi Beitbridge road turn off to Shurugwi in phases and this is the last leg of the works transforming it into a modern highway.
Godfrey Huruva Mukungunugwa MP for Chivi North Constituency confirmed the official opening in a telephone interview with The Midweek Watch.
‘’ It is true that His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde. Dr E.D Mnangagwa will officially open the road and we are so excited about the development. I would like invite all people from Chivi North Constituency to go out in their numbers to welcome our President, ‘’ said Mukungunugwa.
The reconstruction of Shurugwi-Mandamabwe Road which links the two provinces was started in April 2024 by a local company contracted by the Government.
