Zimbabwe to formally open up $88 million Trabablas Interchange
Zimbabwe is positioned to commemorate a site accomplishment in its ambitious roadway infrastructure overhaul as the state-of-the-art Trabablas Interchange is readied to officially open up to traffic this Friday. The multi-million-dollar project, driven by the visionary leadership of the Second Republic, notes a significant milestone in modernising the country’s transport network.
The Trabablas Interchange, costing US$ 88 million, is developed to relieve traffic congestion at one of Harare’s busiest joints, where Simon Mazorodze Road, Chitungwiza Road, and High Glen Road converge. This modern-day interchange replaces the aging Mbudzi roundabout, which was built in 1998.
Building of the interchange started in January 2022 under a consortium of regional contractors – Tensor Systems, Fossil Getting, and Masimba Building – running jointly as Tefoma Building and construction. The task showcases the capacity of Zimbabwean engineers and building and construction firms to provide complicated infrastructure tasks to global requirements.
Featuring 15 bridges, the interchange is expected to improve website traffic flow in between Harare, Masvingo, Chitungwiza, and the southern suburbs consisting of Glen Norah and Glen Sight. This growth aligns with the Second Republic’s more comprehensive road advancement technique aimed at cultivating economic growth, boosting connectivity, and boosting public safety and security.
Transport and Infrastructural Growth Priest Felix Mhona, dealing with the Us senate recently, highlighted the Trabablas Interchange as a critical element of the North-South Hallway – a significant regional trade course attaching Zimbabwe to its Southern African Growth Area (SADC) neighbours and past.
“We then pertain to an essential feature of the North-South Corridor along Simon Mazorodze, the Trabablas Interchange – Masvingo, Glen Norah Loop, Harare Drive Missing Link and Amalinda Road and Bridge were completed and available to traffic in 2014, 2024,” Minister Mhona stated. “I am pleased to notify the country that His Excellency, the Head Of State of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Comrade Dr ED Mnangagwa, on May 30, 2025, will commission this substantial job.”
The interchange kinds part of the recurring rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu freeway. Preacher Mhona reported that 492.9 kilometres of the Harare-Beitbridge roadway have been completed, with the staying 87.1 kilometres scheduled for completion by the last quarter of 2025. The Harare-Chirundu road section is slated for upgrade starting in very early 2026, involving widening, recovery, and dualisation, with an expected completion day in mid-2027.
Complementing roadway enhancements, the federal government is also modernising vital boundary messages to facilitate smoother cross-border profession and traveling. The Beitbridge Boundary Article upgrade was completed in September 2023 under a public-private partnership (PPP), and a comparable PPP contract is currently in place for the Chirundu Boundary Message.
“The Government has involved a companion that shall finance, update and keep the job for a duration of 25 years,” Priest Mhona stated. “The border, located in Mashonaland West, already runs as a one-stop boundary article. Therefore, modernisation will include value to the effectiveness in the movement of products and people.”
Additional facilities development consists of the planned upgrade of the Forbes Border Message, with job scheduled to begin later this year and conclusion anticipated by the end of 2027. The inauguration of the Trabablas Interchange exemplifies Zimbabwe’s continuous commitment to achieving Vision 2030 – changing the nation right into a top middle-income economy with strategic facilities investments and improved local connection.
