Roads in Zambia - Transport in Zambia, Congo Pedicle Road, Great West Road, Zatransport in Zambia, Congo Pedicle Road, Great West Road, Zambia, Great East Road, Transcaprivi Highway, Great North Roambia, Great East Road, Transcaprivi Highway, Great North Road (Paperback)

Chapters: Transport in Zambia, Congo Pedicle Road, Great West Road, Zambia, Great East Road, Transcaprivi Highway, Great North Road, Zambia, Cairo Road, Lusaka-livingstone Road. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Total: 2,164 km (1995) Railtracker (ACIS/UNCTAD) Zambia Railway Network Diagram Zambia's North-West Extension - 8 February 2006 - Preparatory work is going forward on Zambia's proposed new north-western extension railway from Chingola to Solwezi, estimated to cost about $US235m. The area has excellent mining potential which cannot be exploited effectively without rail facilities. The route has been surveyed and the implications of compensating land owners are being worked out. Australian and American interests are examining the project and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) may help with finance. The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), another prospective source of funding, is also looking at the scheme. Hopes have been expressed that the new line might eventually be extended to Mwinilunga and even to join Angola's Benguela Railway without relying on the DR Congo link, to restore what was until the 1970s Zambia's main route for exporting copper and other metals. Total: 91,440 km (2001)Paved: 20,117 km (2001) of which 6,779 km are trunk or main routes.Unpaved: 71,323 km (2001) (Some of the unpaved highways are graded laterite roads.) In the 1970s Zambia had one of the best highway networks in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1991 it was estimated by the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) that 80 percent of the road network had deteriorated and out of total road assets valued at US$2.3 billion, US$400 million had been lost due to neglected maintenance. The government introduced a road fund levy on fuel and that together with ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=5694