On
Monday,
February
24,
social
media
personality
Mmatigari
brought
the
issue
to
the
attention
of
the
Ministry
of
Transport
and
Infrastructural
Development,
describing
the
road’s
rehabilitation
as
“a
big
crooked
mess.”
He
wrote
on
X:
The
contractor
who
resurfaced
Harare
Drive
from
Arcturus
Road
to
E
D
Mnangagwa
Road
(formerly
Enterprise)
cheated
the
people
of
ZimbabweThe
road
surface
moves
and
creates
ridges
and
contours
on
the
entire
stretch
adjacent
to
Oriel
School
at
the
intersection
with
Pringle
Road.It’s
a
big
crooked
mess.We
can’t
surface
roads
and
then
need
to
redo
them
2-3
years
later.
Tingavake
Nyika
yacho
sei
manje?
The
Ministry
of
Transport
and
Infrastructural
Development
responded
and
said
that
the
section
of
the
road
was
rehabilitated
by
the
City
of
Harare.
The
Ministry
said:
Please
be
advised
that
the
section
of
Harare
Drive,
stretching
from
Arcturus
Road
to
ED
Mnangagwa
Road
(formerly
Enterprise
Road),
was
rehabilitated
by
the
City
of
Harare.This
project
was
not
undertaken
by
the
Ministry
of
Transport
&
Infrastructural
Development.
Thank
you.
On
Tuesday,
the
City
of
Harare
confirmed
it
had
contracted
a
private
company
to
rehabilitate
the
road
section
in
2017.
The
local
authority
said
is
investigating
the
issue
and
plans
to
repair
the
damaged
areas
as
funds
become
available.
The
statement
reads:
Our
attention
has
been
drawn
to
a
social
media
posting
on
the
state
of
the
road
on
Harare
Drive
between
Acturus
Road
and
ED
Mnangagwa
Road.We
confirm
that
the
City
of
Harare
indeed
contracted
a
private
company
to
rehabilitate
the
portion
of
the
road
in
2017.The
City
of
Harare
is
looking
into
the
issue
with
a
view
of
working
on
the
damaged
parts
of
the
road
as
funds
become
available.It
would
be
prudent
that
more
funds
are
availed
to
make
sure
that
we
rehabilitate
as
many
link
roads
as
possible
to
ease
pressure
on
reconstructed
roads.We
would
like
to
thank
the
resident
who
highlighted
the
issue
and
we
reiterate
that
action
will
be
taken.
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