Seke Road reconstruction to start from Harare

Source: Seke Road reconstruction to start from Harare – herald

Freeman Razemba-Senior Reporter

Reconstruction and widening of the entire 66,5km Harare–Seke–Zvipadze Road is set to commence next month, starting from Harare Main Post Office to the Ten Miles area in Marondera rural.

Pothole patching is underway along the road. In a statement, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development confirmed the developments.

“Pothole patching is currently in progress along Seke Road, from the Unit H turn-off to Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza. This essential maintenance aims to smoothen your journey and improve road safety for everyone,” said the ministry.

“Please expect minor delays in the area while our crews are working. We also take the opportunity to inform that reconstruction of the Seke Road will commence in February 2026.”

Plans are also underway to widen the road and construct dedicated bus lanes following an increase in fatal road traffic accidents along the stretch.

In August last year, 17 people died at Hunyani Bridge along Seke Road in an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a 30-tonne haulage truck.

That same month, more than 20 people were injured when a commuter omnibus travelling from Ziko to Harare’s Central Business District burst a front tyre and veered off the road near Chinhamo Service Station. The injured were rushed to Chitungwiza Central Hospital, where they received treatment, with about seven people sustaining serious injuries.

In a recent interview, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said the Government will start widening the road that connects Harare to its most populous dormitory town, Chitungwiza.

“What we are doing, we are going to be having a dedicated bus lane and my team is now seized with that. And we are going to be widening the road again, having more lanes that will be an expressway right up to Makoni Section and straight up to Ten Miles,” he said.

Meanwhile, construction of the Manyame River Bridge along the Harare-Masvingo Highway is nearing completion, marking significant progress on the flagship project.

The bridge is a critical component of the Harare-Beitbridge Road rehabilitation programme and is expected to significantly ease traffic congestion along one of Zimbabwe’s busiest commercial corridors once fully commissioned.

The Government is also reporting steady progress on other major road projects across the country.