26/12/2025
Chilanga Town Council had allocated over four million Kwacha (K4M) for road rehabilitation and maintenance across the district from January to December 2025, funded through the Vehicle Licensing Fund.
During a special presentation at the Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting, Building Inspector Tamara Namonje said that K715,491.56 was used to patch potholes along a 6-kilometre stretch of Kasupe Road in Kasupe Ward, with the work now completed.
Ms Namonje said the local authority employed 15 local youths for the road project whose work included cutting, edging, filling with base, priming and sealing with cut mix bitumen binder.
She explained that the council also allocated K1,300,000 for the supply and installation of 100-watt all-in-one solar light fittings and 58 solar street light fittings along Kafue Road in Chilanga Ward.
She added that in the same ward, K130,000 was used on the grading and compaction of roadbed material on Old Kafue Road, where approximately 4.8 Kilometres of roadbed formation was completed.
She stated that In New Farms Ward, work on the grading of 6.2 Kilometres of selected roads at a total cost of K200,000 for road formation has been completed.
“Excavation of mitre drains and soak pits along Kacheta Road in Nakachenje Ward has been done at a total cost of K40,000. Grading, gravelling, compaction of roadbed material and imported material in Nyemba Ward Sekelela Community and Hill-Side Road of 2.1 kilometers of the road have been done at a total cost of K330,000,” The Inspector explained.