BCC divert capital funds towards financing roadworks

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)’s engineering services department has been forced to divert capital funds towards financing roadworks after receiving inadequate budgetary support from the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara).

Bulawayo’s roads are in a poor state and flash floods experienced in recent days have worsened the situation.

A council environmental and engineering services committee report shows that $10 million was received from Zinara for roadworks, a figure that the city fathers said was too little.

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