The Ndola City Council has contracted the Polytechnic Construction Company to carry out road maintenance works on the Ndeke fly over bridge, which has been in a deplorable state.
The project worth U$55 million Poly-Technologies road project, will see a 43 kilometre stretch of roads being upgraded to bituminous standards.
The project is aimed at decongesting the Central Business district and also intends to link many townships within the vicinity while providing job opportunities for the youth.
This came to light when Ndola Central Member of parliament Emmanuel Mulenga who was accompanied by the City Mayor Amon Chisenga and NCC Acting Town Clerk Wisdom Bwalya revealed to ZANIS in an interview when he inspected the damaged stretch.
Mr Mulenga said that after consultative meetings, it was agreed that one kilometer of the road works under polytechnic be channeled to doing the damaged Ndeke fly over bridge in order to maintain a good road network in the city.
Mr Mulenga said the road works will commence soon and has since called on road users to bear with the Council as they will be inconvenienced, but assured members of the public that works that will be done will stand a taste of time.
He appealed to traffic police officers not to mount road blocks on the affected road in order to avoid congestion.
Mr Bwalya said members of the public are being notified that effective Wednesday the Ndeke fly over bridge road will be closed to allow for maintenance works to commence.
