Works to upgrade to dual carriageway the Lusaka-Ndola Road have recorded physical progress of 17.8% while 88.6% has been attained on the 45 kilometres Masangano-Fisenge-Luanshya Road.
Works on the Masangano-Fisenge-Luanshya Road are expected to be completed by 31st December 2024.
The Project was officially launched by President Hakainde Hichilema in Kapiri Mposhi on 21st May 2024.
The Concessionaire is undertaking works from four points on the project, namely from Lusaka side to Chibombo (1), Chibombo to Kapiri Mposhi (2), Kapiri Mposhi to Ndola (3) and Masangano-Fisenge-Luanshya Road (4).
The Concession Agreement (CA) for upgrading of the Lusaka-Ndola Road into a dual carriageway was signed with MOIC-LN at a cost of US$649,976,167. The Concession period is for twenty-five (25) years with three (3) years as a construction phase and twenty-two (22) years for operations and maintenance.
The project scope is to upgrade 327 kilometres of the road to dual carriageway road from Lusaka to Ndola. The project also involves the rehabilitation of 45 kilometres of the Masangano-Luanshya Road, construction of approximately 30 kilometres long bypasses in Kabwe and Kapiri-Mposhi towns.
Two new Toll Plazas will be constructed, one on the Masangano-Fisenge-Luanshya Section, and the other between Chibombo and Kabwe. One new weighbridge will be constructed at Kafulafuta with the existing one at Kapiri Mposhi being upgraded and maintained.
A new bridge has been designed and will be constructed at Kafubu Bridge in Ndola.
