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Republic of Zambia Report of the Auditor General on the Road Projects Under the Road Development Agency (RDA) for the Period Price: K60:00 January 2012 to December 2015 REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON THE Road Projects Under the Road Development Agency FOR THE Period January, 2012 to December, 2015 Price: K60.00 Contents Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................... i Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. iii 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5 2. Audit Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 5 3. Background .............................................................................................................................. 5 4. Scope and Methodology .......................................................................................................... 6 5. Administration ......................................................................................................................... 15 6. Source of Funds ..................................................................................................................... 16 7. Funding ................................................................................................................................... 16 8. Weaknesses in Procurement and Management of Road Contracts ......................................... 17 LUSAKA PROVINCE ........................................................................................................................... 20 9. Construction of a Fixed Electronic Weighbridge Station in Chongwe ................................... 20 10. Periodic Maintenance of 51 km of D162 (Linda – Kafue Estate Road) Including U8 (Chanyanya Road) in Lusaka Province ....................................................................................................... 21 11. Construction of Drainage Structures on Selected Roads in Lusaka Urban ............................ 23 12. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of 98 km of the Katoba to Chirundu via Chiawa - Lot 1 29 13. Periodic Maintenance of 10 km of T004 Great East Road from Arcades to Airport Roundabout ......... 31 14. Design and Construction/Upgrading of Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) 2.4 km Chifwema Road Main Access and 50km various Internal roads in Lusaka City ..................................... 32 15. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of D153 from Great East Road at Moono Police Check Point via Palabana to Chilyabale Basic School (54 km) .................................................................. 36 16. Upgrading of Approximately 8 km of Mutumbi to Zambezi Road ........................................ 37 17. Rehabilitation of T2 – Lusaka to Chirundu Road – Link 3 KM 55+200 to km 73+100 ........ 40 18. Contract for the upgrading to Bituminous Standard of RD 149 and D151 from Great East Road at Chongwe District Hospital to Katoba Basic School (48.5) including D150 from Great East Road at CC Farms to RD 149 (12.5km) road – Lot 1 in Lusaka Province ............................. 41 19. Upgrading of D753/A2 Kenneth Kaunda International Airport through Kasisi to Great East Road, D176 Ngwerere Road from T2 Great North Road at Kabangwe to D 753 at Kasisi Mission Junction including D564 from T4 at Caltex to D176 at Ngwerere Basic School and Zambezi Extension from Roma Park to Ngwerere Road in Lusaka Province ........................................ 43 20. Upgrading to Bituminous Standards and Realignment of the Approximately 91 km of D145 Road from Great East Road at (T004) at Luangwa Bridge to Luangwa (Feira) in Lusaka Province – Lot 4 .............................................................................................................................................. 45 21. Contract for the Engineering Design, Rehabilitation and Construction/Upgrading of Selected Lusaka Urban Roads in Lusaka City (L400) .......................................................................... 48 22. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of the Leopards Hill Road (D152) from the State Lodge Junction to Katoba Basic School in Lusaka............................................................................ 57 COPPERBELT PROVINCE .................................................................................................................. 62 23. The Periodic Maintenance of 14 km of Road M016/M004 from Kalulushi to Sabina Road and 9 km of the Sabina to Mufulira Road on the Copperbelt Province ............................................ 62 24. Kitwe – Chingola Dual Carriage Way .................................................................................... 63 25. Rehabilitation of 23.5 km of Selected Urban Roads in Chingola town on the Copperbelt Province ................................................................................................................................................ 64 26. Construction of Bridge at Mufuchani across the Kafue River - Delayed Payment of Advance Payment and Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) ................................................................. 69 27. Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Approximately 14.6 km of Indeni to T003 Road via Fatima Girls School ..................................................................................................................................... 69 28. Periodic Maintenance of 64 km of Ndola – Kitwe Dual Carriageway ................................... 71 29. Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Approximately 27.32 km of Urban Roads in Ndola ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 74 CENTRAL PROVINCE………………………………………………………………………………... 79 30. Periodic Maintenance of 30 km of the Kabwe – Chibombo Road (T2). ................................. 79 31. Construction of a Fixed Electronic Weighbridge in Mumbwa District of Central Province ... 80 32. Landless Corner - Mumbwa (M020) Road (Lot 1 - 65 km) .................................................... 81 33. Consultation Services for the Techno-Economic Study, Detailed Engineering Design and Tender Document Preparation for the Upgrading of 110 km of the Mumbwa to Itezhi Tezhi Road. 85 34. Upgrading of Road D769 from Mumbwa/Itezhi Tezhi Junction on M009 to Itezhi Tezhi (109 km) Including the 2.2 km of the Inkonkaile to Itezhi Tezhi Boma Access Road in Central Province .......................... 87 35. Rehabilitation/ Upgrading Of Approximately 34.47 km of Urban Roads in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi Towns in Central Province ........................................................................................ 89 36. Periodic Maintenance of 65.5 km of Kabwe to Kapiri Mposhi (T002) in Central Province .. 92 MUCHINGA PROVINCE ...................................................................................................................... 94 37. Upgrading of Isoka – Muyombe- Chama- Lundazi Road to Bituminous Standard in Eastern Province of Zambia Lot 4 (Muyombe Road Junction) to Lundazi (Km40+000 on D103) to (84Km).................................................................................................................................... 94 38. Upgrading of Isoka – Muyombe – Chama - Lundazi Road to Bituminous Standard in Eastern Province of Zambia Lot 5 (Muyombe Road Junction) to Lundazi (Km40+000 on D103) to (84Km)................................................................................................................................... 95 39. Construction of the Matumbo and Kampemba Bridges across Luangwa and Kampemba Rivers in Chama District of Muchinga Province - Delayed Commencement of Project .................. 98 40. Periodic Maintenance of the (T002) Great North Road from Chinsali to Nakonde Road (213 km) .............................................................................................................................................. 99 41. Isoka – Muyombe – Chama – Lundazi Road (Lot 1) ........................................................... 100 42. Mbala – Nakonde Road ....................................................................................................... 103 43. Periodic Maintenance of 131 km of the Mpika to Chambeshi Bridge – Lot 1 ..................... 105 44. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of 94 km of the Safwa to Mulilansolo to Chinsali Road Lot 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 106 45. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of 100 km of the Safwa to Mulilansolo to Chinsali Road Lot 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 107 46. Mpika – Nabwalya – Mfuwe Road (Lot 1)........................................................................... 108 47. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of the Isoka – Muyombe – Chama – Lundazi Road: Lot 2: D790 (KM 90 +000) – M14 (Chire River) – (93 km) in Muchinga Province – Questionable selection of the Bidder. ......................................................................................................... 110 48. Upgrading to Bituminous Standard of the Isoka – Muyombe – Chama – Lundazi Road: Lot 3: M14 (Chire River)
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