update (11 Sept 2014): According to news reports, the construction of the much anticipated P1.4 billion Kazungula Bridge linking Zambia and Botswana is now expected to start early next year... we'll keep you posted!
Korean construction company, Daewoo Engineering & Construction, has just announced that it won a tender for the construction of the Kazungula Bridge linking Zambia and Botswana. The construction of the US$161 million project is expected to start in September 2014 and is supposed to be completed within four years. The bridge will replace the famous Kazungula Ferry, a pontoon ferry across the 400-metre-wide Zambezi River between Zambia and Botswana. Earlier in August 2014, one of the main sponsors of the to be built Kazungula Bridge, Japan, pulled out of the project following an alleged tender dispute. The construction of the new bridge was initially expected to start in June 2014.
The new Kazungula Bridge will be located some 75 km from Livingstone in Zambia and about 10km from Kasane in Botswana. The town of Kazungula lies just 2 km from the road between Livingstone and Sesheke which connects to the Katima Mulilo Bridge linking Zambia and Namibia.
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28 August 2014
02 June 2014
Botswana/Zambia: The construction of the Kazungula Bridge set to start in June 2014
update (19 August 2014): According to the online edition of the Lusaka Voice, Japan, one of the main sponsors of the Kazungula Bridge construction project, has pulled out of the project following an alleged tender dispute. The construction of the new bridge, which was first expected to start in June 2014 and then in July 2014, has still not started.
According to Zambia's Road Development Agency (RDA) chief executive officer Bernard Chiwala, the construction of the new Kazungula Bridge is expected to start in June 2014. The bridge will replace the famous Kazungula Ferry, a pontoon ferry across the 400-metre-wide Zambezi River between Zambia and Botswana. The project is expected to be completed in 2018 and will cost approximately US$259 million.
The new Kazungula Bridge will be located some 75 km from Livingstone in Zambia and about 10km from Kasane in Botswana. The town of Kazungula lies just 2 km from the road between Livingstone and Sesheke which connects to the Katima Mulilo Bridge linking Zambia and Namibia.
According to Zambia's Road Development Agency (RDA) chief executive officer Bernard Chiwala, the construction of the new Kazungula Bridge is expected to start in June 2014. The bridge will replace the famous Kazungula Ferry, a pontoon ferry across the 400-metre-wide Zambezi River between Zambia and Botswana. The project is expected to be completed in 2018 and will cost approximately US$259 million.
The new Kazungula Bridge will be located some 75 km from Livingstone in Zambia and about 10km from Kasane in Botswana. The town of Kazungula lies just 2 km from the road between Livingstone and Sesheke which connects to the Katima Mulilo Bridge linking Zambia and Namibia.
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