Govt suspends new road projects

BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA Government says it will continue with major road projects across the country, but suspend new projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has paralysed a number of developmental projects. Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza told NewsDay yesterday that all new projects had been put on hold. “Road construction is progressing well and by this I mean those projects that were at an advanced stage before the outbreak of COVID-19.

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