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Chipinge Town Council installs traffic lights​

14 Oct, 2016 - 00:10 0 Views

The ManicaPost

Luthando Mapepa Chipinge Correspondent
CHIPINGE Town Council this week installed solar-powered traffic lights in a move aimed at controlling the increased traffic in the farming town.The town’s roads were controlled by Give Way and Stop signs since 2002 when Chipinge attained its town status.
The town administrator, Mr Joseph Mashingaidze, said the installation of traffic lights was necessitated by the growing number of vehicles in Chipinge, as well as high volumes of traffic passing through the town going to various parts of the district.
Mr Mashingaidze said the traffic lights would be functional in two weeks.
“The town council is moving towards fulfilling the needs of residents of this town. The installation of traffic lights comes from support of Zimbabwe National Road Administration as well as council resources.
“We are starting with the busiest intersections. Other areas will be installed in due course when council mobilises enough resources. The move to install these lights was influenced by the increase of the flow of trucks here and it is our duty to make our main roads user friendly.
“We are also anticipating to see a decline in road accidents in the town. The installation of these lights is expected to be complete in two weeks time,” said Mr Mashingaidze.
The idea of installation of traffic lights was welcomed by many motorists who argued that the move will help to decongest busy roads.
Mr Mashingaidze said plans were underway to install street lights in the town.
Mr Dakarai Simango, a pirate taxi driver who plies the Chipinge-Checheche route, said the introduction of traffic lights in Chipinge would improve traffic flow in the town.
“The installation of robots in Chipinge town was long overdue. Now, we hope there will be an improvement in traffic flow at busy intersections,” he said.
Another pirate taxi driver who plies the Gaza-Town route, said: “We hope the traffic lights will help in reducing road accidents. Of late, our town had become a traffic jungle and it was risky driving in most of the roads.”
Meanwhile, Chipinge Town Council has purchased a state-of-the-art refuse compacter worth $100 000.
Mr Mashingaidze said the compacter would boost refuse collection from 30 percent to 80 percent.
“We have increased refuse collections in all our eight wards because of a compacter we recently purchased,” he said.

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