The National Road Fund Agency – NRFA has confirmed the release of k136 million from the Ministry of Finance and has since commenced the payment process of the Kazungula bridge project and small-scale contractors across the country.
On June 11, 2019 Ministry of Finance released k136 million to NRFA to settle arrears related to road projects and other related activities.
Confirming the development to the Zambian Business Times – ZBT in an interview, NRFA Public Relations Manager Alphonsus Hamachila said K28 million from the released funds has been set aside for ongoing works at the Kazungula bridge.
Hamachila added that the Agency has paid 300 local routine maintenance contractors involved in small scale roadworks with over 15,000 employment workforces across the country.
He further said the Agency is expected to complete the payment process within a week and that main sub-contractors and road consultants will be funded in the next trench to soon be released by government.
“We have been given specific instructions to pay route maintenance contractors in respect to controlling road marking, drainages, pot hoe punching and the Ministry of Finance has assured us that it will release another trench in due course which will now cater for big projects such as the Kafue Mazabuka road” he said.
He explained that Agency has since cleared outstanding invoices for road contractors and that the process will be undertaken in sequence.
