Kazungula Bridge contract signed
| Friday September 5, 2014 13:33
According to the ministry of Transport and Communication, the contract for package one of the agreement, which comprises the bridge and railway component, was awarded to Daewoo for the $161.96 million (P1.4 billion). A ground breaking ceremony for the project will be held on September 12, 2014.
The proposed Kazungula bridge and railway line is a multimillion-dollar project on the North-South corridor and is located at the border between Botswana and Zambia on the Zambezi River. The civil works will comprise the construction of a 923m long by 18.5m wide rail and road bridge, two one stop border facilities and access roads and ramps across the Zambezi river.