Zimbabwe: Trabablas Interchange Cost Hits U.S.$114 Million As Treasury Reveals an Unbudgeted U.S.$26 Million Was Paid

The cost of constructing the recently commissioned Trabablas Interchange in Harare was beyond the US$88 million initially communicated and budgeted for, Treasury has revealed.

The Treasury confirmed in Parliament that the project cost a total of US$114 million – an increase of US$26 million.

When questions were raised about the project’s cost, the government was quick to attribute the increase to the relocation of families who had been settled close to the project site.

Experts have, however,…