Transcription of CHAPTER 9: Road Transport Services and Infrastructure
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Road Transport Services and Infrastructure Zimbabwe Report OVERVIEW OF THE ROAD Transport The SettingThere are 88,100 km of classifi ed roads in Zimbabwe, 17,400 km of which are paved (Table ).About 5 percent of the network is classifi ed as primary roads and has some of the most traffi cked arterials that link Zimbabwe with its neighbors. A portion of the Pan-Africa Highway passes through Zimbabwe (see Map ). This part of the road network plays a major role in the movement of the country s imports and exports as well as transit freight. Some 14 percent of the network is classifi ed as secondary roads that link the main economic centers within the country, enabling internal movement of people and goods.
percent of the vehicular traffi c (measured in vehicle kilometers) and they are managed by the DoR (DoR). A little more than 70 percent of the network is made up of tertiary feeder and access roads that link rural areas to the secondary road network. These are managed by the District Development Fund (DDF) and by the District Councils (DC).
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