Zinara announces upward review of toll fees effective today
GOVERNMENT set aside $336 billion for the second phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme
Harare- GOVERNMENT has set aside $336 billion for the second phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) following the upward review of toll fees effective Friday,Express Mail Zim can report.
Zinara announced Thursday that the newly gazetted toll will be on premium routes.
The upward review will see light motor vehicles paying US$4 up from US$2 on all premium routes, minibuses paying US$6 up from US$3, heavy vehicles paying US$10 up from US$5 and haulage trucks US$20 up from US$10.
Drivers can pay in local currency at the prevailing rate of exchange and in the notice Zinara said the fees would be light motor vehicles $24 800, minibuses $37 200 and heavy vehicles $49 600.
The premium routes are the east-west highway from Mutare to Plumtree, which includes the Harare-Bulawayo leg, and the Harare-Beitbridge highway.
Other stretches of the national highway network can be added. These highways have been upgraded in recent years and the Government is largely dependent on toll fees to upgrade and maintain the national highway network.
However, some bus operators plying those routes told Express Mail Zim they might be forced to adjust the bus fares for sustainability.
“Its simple ,it means our cost of operation has increased so naturally we have to adjust our fares to remain afloat.3
“We however commend the Second Republic’s commitment in road rehabilitation.
“It is now our turn as operators to send our drivers to refresher courses to reduce road carnage,” said a bus operator who preffered anonymity.
