Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, has inspected construction works on a new hotel at the Lilongwe Golf Club, praising the project as a significant boost to the country’s tourism and hospitality sector. Chipungu visited the site of the Lilongwe Ryllas Hotel on Tuesday, a development being undertaken by NICO Group […]
Malawi’s crumbling road network is being transformed through a sweeping borrowing programme worth billions of kwacha — with motorists across the country footing the bill every time they fill up at the pump. The Roads Fund Administration (RFA) has revealed that so-called “road bonds” are allowing government to fast-track major infrastructure projects long before enough […]
Government has expressed satisfaction with the rehabilitation of the Magomero turn-off to Namadzi River Road, carried out under Phase Two of the Regional Climate Resilience Programme (RCRP), praising its potential to transform economic activity in the surrounding area. In an interview Nyasa Times monitored on Capital FM after personally touring the newly rehabilitated route, Minister […]
Malawi government has terminated a K5.1 billion contract with contractor Mota Engil to build the Rumphi-Nyika-Nthalire-Chitipa Road as Roads Authority has been given a K90 billion bill by the Portuguese contractor for infrastructure construction. Roads Authority is disputing the figure, saying it is on the higher side and would be engaging the Roads Fund Administration […]
The fielding of missions from Japan because of COVID-19 restrictions continue to delay the turning into a dual carriage way of the M1 road from Lumbadzi past Mchinji roundabout to Bunda roundabout in the Capital Lilongwe. The Japanese Government through Jica is to carry out the project from Mchinji roundabout to Bunda while the other […]
Government is constructing four community vocational training colleges in Neno, Karonga, Nkhotakota and Phalombe — whose official ground breaking was commissioned by Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama on Saturday at Neno Boma. The project, funded through a MK2 billion loan and grant from the African Development Bank, is set to uplift the faces of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has committed to reduce traffic congestion especially in the cities with government announcing that it will commence a project to construct a six-lane carriage in Lilongwe at an estimated cost of K13 billion. The road from Parliament Roundabout through Kamuzu Central Roundabout to Shoprite/Nico Centre will be upgraded to a six-lane carriage. […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Sidik Mia, has announced that President Lazarus Chakwera administration will construct a $50 million dual carriage road from Lilongwe to Kasungu as it gears up to improve the road infrastructure network in the country. Mia said this on Wednesday by when President Chakwera toured the Area 18 interchange project […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday morning toured the the Area 18 Clover leaf Interchange project in Lilongwe and said he is impressed with the progress of work by the project contractor Mota-Engil. “I am very pleased with the progress that has been made,” said Chakwera after Minister of Transport Sidik Mia took the President through […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Ralph Jooma has described the launching two road construction projects in Chiradzulu as a milestone to ease transportation problems the district was facing. He said the project is expected to link outlying areas of Chiradzulu South Constituency to the country’s major cities and towns. On Saturday, the Minister alongside […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Malunga Phiri on Friday, May 8, 2020 officially launched construction of a modern tarmac road that will connect Nansomba in Mulanje Central constituency and Msikawanjala in Mulanje Bale. According to the contractor, Plem Construction, work on the road has already started and that they envisage it […]
The construction of access roads in Areas 13, 16 and 19 in Lilongwe city is near competition, opening up the area to new developers who have recently been allocated plots. The roads, worth over K2.8 billion, are being constructed by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and has a total length of 6.2km. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on Finance in Parliament Cornelius Mwalwanda has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of making “many empty promises” on new road projects, particularly in the Northern and Central Region. Mwalwanda said this Parliament when he gave an official response to the Mid-Term Budget Statement presented by Minister of Finance, […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have arrested a 19-year-old man for blocking access of a road and forcing road users, especially motorists pay him money for a self appointed public works maintenance job on the M1 road. Police spokesperson in Kasungu Harry Namwaza said the law enforcers rushed to Chikwelera village on M1 road in Kasungu […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Ralph Jooma says government will start construction of the 31-kilometre road from Chitipa Boma to Mbirima at the border with Tanzania after passing the 2020 – 2021 National Budget in July. Jooma was speaking Friday during a meeting between cabinet ministers and the business community in Chitipa aimed at […]
Malawi government, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Union has today signed a financing agreement worth 139 million euros (about K113 billion) for the rehabilitation of the 346 Kilometer stretch along M1 road. The facility has been described as largest ever loan for investment in Malawi. Of the 139 million euros or K113 […]
Traffic activities will be disrupted in Lilongwe for the next five months following a decision by Roads Authority to close part of M1 road of Area 18 roundabout to pave way for construction works of the country’s first overhead traffic interchange. Speaking to reporters after a tour of the construction site, Road Fund Administration chief engineer Joel […]
President Peter Mutharika has expressed satisfaction with progress of the dual carriageway from Clock Tower to Kameza Roundabout in Blantyre, saying the construction work is of good quality. Mutharika said when he toured the road project and other projects in the city on Thursday. “I am so glad to see the work that has been […]