Officials from Roads Authority are conceding that construction works for the parliament to Bingu stadium dual carriage way has delayed, saying this is due to the construction of the Area 18 interchange roundabout. Roads Authority spokesperson Portia Kajanga said the 24.4 kilometre dual carriage construction works were supposed to be completed in October. President Peter […]
Roads Authority (RA) has assured people of Karonga District that the Karonga-Songwe Border Road currently being rehabilitated by a Chinese contractor Zhejiang Communications Construction Company Limited (ZCCC) will be of high quality. RA Public Relations Officer, Portia Kajanga made the assurance Friday in Karonga during a public awareness campaign on different issues such as security, […]
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Roads Authority (RA) have told Dowa District Council to relocate Chimwanza Market in the district. The market lies between the Dowa Boma junction and Mponela stretch of the M1. Dowa District Council chairperson Precious Chaguza Kambuzi reported to a full council meeting that officials from the […]
Roads Authority (RA) has revealed that that no affected persons will be compensated in the event that their properties are demolished or affected in anyway in the process of construction of K6.2 billion Parliament – Bingu Stadium dual carriage road, saying exception is on a house which is closer to Area 18 roundabout whereby the case […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has said government seeks to connect the country’s rural areas to urban centres through construction of new and modern roads. Commissioning the newly constructed Nasundu 1 Bridge in Blantyre on Wednesday, the Minister said road network remains vital for socio-economic growth of a country. Mhango said good road network enables people to transport their agricultural produce, access social […]
The heavy rain-thunderstorms and wind, in the Central Region of Malawi is causing travel chaos with Roads Authority (RA) warning thar all routes in the M5 Road (Nkhotakota-Salima road) has been closed because wit has become impassable. RA spokesperson Portia Kajanga said the road has been cut off at a place called Lisozi Bridge, 50 kilometers from Kaphatenga […]
National Roads Authority Spokesperson Portia Kajanga has trashed assertions that the construction of the Thabwa – Chitseko – Seveni road was temporary in nature. “This project is part of the Malawi Flood Emergency Recovery Project (MFERP) under World Bank Funding. The project intends to upgrade the 59 km road from earth to bitumen surface with […]
Malawi’s construction industry continues to grapple with institutionalised corruption and outright fraud as citizens are further pushed to the marginal gutters and continue to receive substandard work below any set standard due to corrupt and incompetent service providers. Poorly constructed roads continue to litter the country’s residential areas as another form of cash-gate in the […]
The country’s consumer watchdog, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has questioned the quality of work being done on some of the roads being constructed by Roads Authority (RA) and those being upgraded by Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in all four cities of the country. Concerns have been raised on poor standards of […]
Blantyre Residents will soon breathe a sigh of relief following news that renovations of the SOBO-HHI Road will soon be completed and open to al road users. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Thursday, Spokesperson for Roads Authority (RA), Portia Kajanga, said the contractor, Top Range Civil Engineering, is currently preparing the […]
The Roads Authority (RA) with funding from Roads Administration has budgeted public funds for the procurement of various works in the 2017/2018 financial year aimed at maintaining and rehabilitating roads and bridges across the country. According to a statement by RA inviting bids from suitable contractors released on March 27, RA has funds meant to […]
Roads Authority board chairman Jackson Gomani has died after a car crash at Nanthenje trading centre just after Lilongwe as he was travelling to Blantyre in a Nissan Note registration number NN 615. Police confirmed the death, the Gomani died in “tragic incident” at Nathenje Bridge, Lilongwe, on Monday where the vehicle he was travelling in […]
Roads Authority (RA) Chief Executive Officer Trevor Hiwa has been suspended after a team of investigators found him guilty that he awarded a K217 million World Bank funded project to his own company called Infracon Limited and that he should face disciplinary action, government spokesman has confirmed. Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Malison Ndau, […]
