Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter PLANS to construct another interchange at the Seke Road-Delport Road junction are now underway as the Government moves to ease traffic congestion in the area. Construction…
Freeman Razemba
Senior Reporter
PLANS to construct another interchange at the Seke Road-Delport Road junction are now underway as the Government moves to ease traffic congestion in the area.
Construction of Delport Road, which will link the Mabvuku side of Mutare Road with Seke Road and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Expressway, has also started.
The new road is expected to provide an alternative route for motorists travelling towards Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and, further on, Chitungwiza, helping to reduce pressure on existing routes.
The project is part of efforts to develop a network of interconnected roads that gives motorists alternative routes and reduces the concentration of traffic at major junctions.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development confirmed the developments in a statement.
The ministry said the planned infrastructure was expected to improve traffic flow and enhance connectivity in the eastern and southern parts of Harare.
“An interchange is soon to be constructed at the Seke Road-Delport Road junction. The project includes constructing Delport Road from Mabvuku (off Mutare Road),” the ministry said.
This development comes after the construction of the Mabvuku Interchange, which is now 58 percent complete, is expected to ease congestion, reduce accidents and improve the movement of traffic along one of the capital’s busiest corridors.
Completion of the project is set for the end of November.
The key to the project is to separate traffic travelling straight along the highway from vehicles turning into and out of Mabvuku.
Once complete, the Harare-Mutare Highway will pass over the junction, allowing traffic travelling between Harare and Mutare to continue without being interrupted by vehicles turning into the suburb.
Motorists entering or leaving Mabvuku will instead use slip lanes underneath the elevated highway, with traffic lights controlling vehicles joining or leaving the main road.
This is designed to eliminate some of the points where vehicles previously crossed each other’s paths, which engineers identified as major sources of congestion and accidents.
The Deputy Director of Construction in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Virginia Mawere, said the project was specifically designed to separate traffic movements at the busy junction.
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said the Government wanted the various projects to work together rather than operate as isolated road upgrades.
“As we open this interchange, we also need to open the Jaggers, which is the Harare Drive junction; and not only that, we also have to connect traffic going towards the airport to Chitungwiza using Delport Road,” he said.
At the Mabvuku Interchange, construction has progressed fairly well. The project began in September 2025.
However, the importance of the interchange also extends beyond commuters travelling between Mabvuku and Harare.
The Harare-Mutare Highway is part of the Beira Corridor, carrying substantial commercial traffic between Zimbabwe and Mozambique through Forbes Border Post.
The volume of heavy trucks using the route, Eng Mawere said, meant the interchange had to be designed to withstand significant loads.
“This is the route that then leads to Forbes Border Post, leading all the way to Beira,” she said.
