Malawi: Mzuzu City Council (MCC) launched four road infrastructure road projects to the tune of about K41 million. The road infrastructure is being completed using the Constituency Development Fund.
The work for the rehabiiliation of the road will start on Wednesday at the city council. The officials have shared that the projects include construction of three slab culverts and one timber decked bridge in Mzilawaingwe, Chimaliro and Katawa locations.
Director of Planning and Development delivered a brief address at the handover event.
When the council handed over the projects’ sites to contractors Philemon Maseko, said the projects are meant to ease communication. The officials said the projects will be implemented in the targeted areas and the city as a whole.
“Let me commend community members in these locations for their patience in awaiting the implementation of these projects which were supposed to done some time back. I also applaud collaboration amongst various development structures which priotised these project as crucial ones,” said Maseko.
He then warned community members that they should not engage in criminal offenses like theft of construction material. Further. He also warned the community against conniving with contractors to divert the material for personal use.
Finally, he claimed that these actions on the part of the community could lead to compromised standard of the structures in Mzuzu City.
“The council has put in place proper mechanism to ensure that supervision of construction works is strict and that scope of the works should be closed followed by the council and community members themselves so that we have durable structures,” he said.
Director of Mphamba Construction Ltd which has been awarded a contract to build Chiputula slab culvert, Haswell Mphamba pledged that the company will deliver to the expectation of the community and the council.
Councilor for Chiputula Ward, Hilwett Mkandawire, said once the project is completed, the road which is a short-cut for people of Mzilawaingwe, Chimaliro and Katawa locations to Lubinga Industrial Area and Mzuzu Central Hospital will become usable.
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