Lilongwe City Council unveils K300 million road rehabilitation blitz across all 12 constituencies

Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has set aside K300 million to rehabilitate roads across all 12 constituencies under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), with K10 million allocated to each constituency as part of an ambitious citywide programme.

Stambuli: Work will be carried out in phases

LCC Chief Executive Officer Clement Stambuli confirmed the works will be carried out in phases, describing the initiative as central to the council delivering its core mandate to residents.

Stambuli made the announcement during an interface meeting at the council chamber in Lilongwe, held with ward councillors and Members of Parliament for Lilongwe City to discuss how the ambitious works will be executed.

“We want to rehabilitate roads across the city mostly those are not tarmac to ensure that we also have better drainage systems as we hope to upgrade all roads into tarmac in the near future,” Stambuli said.

The K300 million project is expected to be completed within 30 days.

Providing further details on implementation, Director of Engineering Services Julius Tsogolani revealed the 12 constituencies have been divided into four blocks of three, with four graders assigned to carry out the works — one belonging to the council and three hired from the Malawi Defence Force.

Tsogolani said the graders will begin work in Lumbadzi, Mtandire-Msiliza, before moving on to Bwaila and Kamphuno; then M’buka, before proceeding to Ngwenya and Mloza; and finally Nankhaka, before moving to City Centre and Masintha.

Outlining the logistical support behind the exercise, Tsogolani said the council would deploy water bowsers to suppress dust during the works, rollers and compactors for gravel roads, staff to track kilometres covered, front-end loaders and tippers where required, and security personnel to safeguard equipment on site.

He added that graders would be redeployed to areas where shortfalls are identified following the scheduled works, with the programme running in three distinct phases: the first from September 3 to 14, the second from September 15 to 25, and the final phase from September 26 to October 6.