The Malawi Roads Authority (MRA) is invit- ing proposals from eligible consulting firms interested in providing consultancy services for the detailed engineering design and construction supervision of three major roads projects in the Southern African country.
The projects are the upgrading of the Ekwe-ndeni'Ezondeni road, in the northern region; the Lilongwe Old Airport'Kasiya road, in the central region; and the Nguludi'PIM'Chiradzulu'Miseu Folo'Chiringa road, in the southern region.
MRA CEO Maxwell Kachiwala says that interested consulting firms should obtain request-for-proposal documents from the authority's offices and submit them before November 9.
The roads projects are part of the country's multimillion-dollar transport and communications infrastructure development programme, which the government is financing in conjunction with a pool of donors, including the World Bank, the European Union, the African Development Bank, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Badea), the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and the Republic of China.
Other road projects that the government is preparing to carry out as part of the programme include the construction of the $90-million Jenda'Edingeni'Rumphi road, in the northern region; the rehabilitation of the Thyolo'Makwasa'Muona'Makhanga road, in the southern region, at a cost of $46,5-million; the rehabilitation of the Bangula'Nsanje'Marka road and the Biriwiri'Tsangano'Neno road, both of which are in the southern region, at a cost of $40-million and $39-million respectively.
Roads projects that are currently being implemented include the construction of the Zomba'Jali'Phalombe road, in the southern region, at a cost of $59-million. This project, which is being undertaken by Portuguese contractor Mota Engil and is scheduled for completion in 2008, is being funded by the government, Badea, Opec, and the Kuwaiti Fund for International Development.
Mota Engil is also building the $25-million Chiradzulu'Phalombe'Chilinga road, in the southern region, which is solely financed by the Malawi government, and Mota Engil is also doing the construction work.
Friday, 26 October 2007
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IT'S A GOOD MOVE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI ON ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROADS NETWORKS.BUT ONE THING WHICH I DON'T FIND IT REAL, IS THE ON GOING OF IGNORING US THE ROAD OF MZUZU/ NKHATABAY, THAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT? THIS ROAD IS OUT OF USE AND IS ON A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY ACCIDENT OF CARS COLLUSIONS,BECAUSE OF ITS GRAVELY,TINNY SIZED SHAPE. THIS ROAD IS 32 YEARS OLD.IT CARRIES THE WHOLE CARRIAGE OF THE IMPORTS/EXPORTS FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES OF MALAWI.MY WISH IS THAT PLEASE HELP US ON THIS MATTER.
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