By Daniel Msangya
The Citizen Correspondent
Dodoma. Dodoma is one of seven urban centres earmarked for the Tanzania strategic cities project, which aims at improving the urban road infrastructure under the auspices of the World Bank and the government of Denmark.

Some Sh40 billion has been approved for the construction of tarmac roads, bus stations and a drainage system, according to the Tanzania Roads Agency (Tanroads) Dodoma regional manager, Engineer Leonard Chimagu.

The other towns are Tanga, Arusha, Mwanza, Kigoma, Mbeya and Mtwara. The project will focus on local government authority management and development project proposals.

He told roads board members meeting at the weekend at St Gasper Hotel that Dodoma municipal council and the Dodoma Capital Development Authority would manage the project jointly.

 “The Dodoma municipal council is expected to spend a total of Sh17.5 billion, including Sh12 billion for road rehabilitation. Another Sh5.4 billion will go into constructing the regional bus terminal and a dump site in the Chidaya area and rehabilitating workshops,” Engineer Chimagu said.Another Sh22.79 billion will be spent on road construction and a sewerage system.

According to Engineer Chimagu, Dodoma municipal council will handle the construction of Chamwino-Chang’ombe and Chamwino-Nkuhungu roads along with SMEC International. This is expected to cost Sh12 billion.

The roads board was told that a drainage system between Nkuhungu and Mwangaza, a stretch of 6.243 kilometres, will cost Sh3.5 billion while the Kisasa and Chang’ombe community roads, a stretch of 11.8 kilometres and 2.7 kilometres respectively, will cost a total of Sh10.9 billion.

Other road connections likely to benefit include Kikuyu community, Area “A”, Mwanza and Kondo and Hospital to Independence Square to Mwangaza Road and Central.

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