Construction of Dar flyover scheduled to start this year

Dodoma. In a bid to ease transportation and curb traffic jams in Dar es Salaam, a fly-over will be constructed at the Tazara junction of Nyerere and Mandela roads this financial year.
The deputy minister of Works, Mr Gerson Lwenge, said this yesterday in response to a subsidiary question from Mr Idd Azzan (Kinondoni-CCM). The latter wanted to know exactly when the government will start putting up fly overs in the city.
“I would like to ask the government when the fly over at Tazara will be constructed. We need to hear what the government is doing to curb traffic jam in the city,” asked Mr Azzan.
The deputy minister said all plans were in place and the construction would start soon.
“I would like to ask the Parliament to approve our budget when the time for tabling it is due. We have many good plans that aim at improving the infrastructure and solve traffic jams in big cities,” he said.
On sea transport from Tegeta to the city centre, the deputy minister said the government was aware of the loss caused by traffic jams and the plan would be implemented after getting funds.
However, Mr Lwenge advised investors to stop constructing high-rise buildings in the city centre, but instead they should extend the city by building them on the outskirts.
He said the new plan would help to ease transportation and enlarge the city.
“We need to construct offices and buildings for doing business outside the city centre. These new roads and fly-overs that we are constructing will not help us much if more people will keep on going to city centre every morning. We must allocate other offices in other parts of the city,” explained Mr Lwenge.