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Richard Muponde, Plumtree Correspondent
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has covered about 40 kilometres of highway fencing from the border into the country while erection of fence poles is nearing Bulawayo.

The Government sponsored Plumtree-Bulawayo highway fence is set to be completed at the end of this month to meet the 100-day plan target.

The Chronicle yesterday observed that the fence has stretched to the 40-kilometre peg towards Bulawayo.

Workers putting up fencing poles have also passed Figtree and were nearing the 70-kilometre peg, about 30 kilometres from Bulawayo.

Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) managing director, Mr Obio Chinyere said they were going to meet the month-end target.

“We are very much on course to meet our target. Setting up of fencing poles has reached Figtree and they will reach Bulawayo soon,” said Mr Chinyere.

The project started as a normal project last year and was elevated to a 100-day plan project last month.

TSCZ recruited 120 workers from Plumtree, in line with Government policy of empowering locals.

The $320 000 fencing project was supposed to have been completed at the end of December but was delayed due to wanton price hikes of fencing materials.

The price hikes madness prompted Government to give the parastatal the green light to import the required materials directly from South Africa.

The TSCZ embarked on the highway fencing project last year as part of measures to reduce accidents on the country’s highways caused by stray animals.

The highway fencing programme started with the erection of the Bulawayo-Gweru Highway fence.

A number of people have died on the country’s highways in accidents caused by animals that stray onto the roads. — @richardmuponde