Harare – Works at the Mabvuku Interchange are nearing completion and the project is expected to be handed over to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development next month.

Project Manager for Premier Rocks, Engineer Brighton Mashonganyika said this during a tour organised by the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Wednesday.

The tour was led by the Acting Information Minister, Professor Paul Mavima, Harare Metropolitan Province minister Charles Tawengwa and Deputy Minister Dr Omphile Marupi and other senior government officials.

Eng. Mashonganyika said construction of the interchange has reached an advanced stage and focus is now shifting to other critical components of the Greater Harare Interchanges Project.

He said the contractor has since started works at the Masasa Interchange where piling and foundation works are underway, with equipment set to be moved to Delport Road for construction of the trumpet interchange.

“The interchanges are meant to separate traffic and ease congestion along the Harare-Mutare Highway,” said Eng. Mashonganyika.

The project, situated at the busy junction of Harare Drive and the Harare-Mutare Highway, commenced in September 2025 after preparatory works including bush clearing and creation of detour routes.

The interchange is designed to separate through traffic on the Harare-Mutare Highway from traffic entering and exiting Mabvuku, Tafara, Ruwa and surrounding suburbs. By eliminating conflict points where vehicles cross each other’s paths, the design is expected to drastically reduce traffic jams and accidents at one of the capital’s most notorious bottlenecks.

It is part of the broader Greater Harare Interchanges Project which targets several congestion hotspots including Jaggers/Msasa, Delport Road and Seke Road.

Once complete, Delport Road will be a 19-kilometre surfaced link connecting Mutare Road to Airport Road and Seke Road, creating an alternative route for traffic heading to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and Chitungwiza.

The Harare-Mutare Highway is a strategic section of the Beira Corridor, carrying heavy commuter, national commercial and regional freight traffic linking Zimbabwe with the Port of Beira in Mozambique via Forbes Border Post.

The Mabvuku Interchange is one of the flagship infrastructure projects under the Second Republic led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

It follows the commissioning of the Trabablas Traffic Interchange last year, which now seamlessly links Simon Mazorodze, High Glen and Chitungwiza Roads and has reduced travel time from hours to minutes.

The Second Republic has prioritized extensive infrastructure development as a foundation for economic growth and attainment of Vision 2030.