Works on the Kazungula Bridge Project have advanced to 98% completion stage with a safety record of 8 million hours free of injuries and expected to be handed over to the governments of Zambia and Botswana.

Speaking when he inspected progression on the bilateral project between Zambia – Botswana border, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Botswana Mwansa Kapeya says government is impressed with the quality of the ongoing works on the bridge.

Mr. Kapeya said, “the Zambian government is committed in ensuring the completion of the project is achieved in the set time to promote trade and investments between the two countries.”

Meanwhile, site co-project managers Godfrey Songeya from Zambia and Pious Seone from Botswana; explained that bilateral instruments and agreements were being formulated to operationalize the bridge after hand over to the two governments.

The duo informed the visiting Zambian envoy of the project defect liability period that will run for 2 years on the bridge stating that the contractor will be accountable for any defects incurred on the facility in the first 24 months of operations.

“The procurement process to install fittings and furnish the One Stop Border Facilities was underway.”

The Kazungula Bridge is a 923 meter long bilateral initiative by Zambia and Botswana at the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers.

Officially launched in 2014, the 259.3 million US Dollar project is co-financed by the governments of Botswana and Zambia with support from the African Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA).