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"Standard Bank -- lead financiers of the upgrade -- say the delays would be reduced by up to 75 percent after the upgrade which will be completed withi..."
Beitbridge Border Post is set for a US$97 million facelift which promoters of the project say will cut by up to 75 percent transit delays that currently last as long as four hours.
Beitbridge is one of the busiest border posts in the SADC economic region, handling more than 12,000 travellers and 3,500 vehicles a day in the festive season.
Annually, this amounts to four million people, one million vehicles and millions of tons of freight.
But with traffic flows hitting record levels in recent years, facilities at the Post have proved woefully inadequate.
It can take up to four hours to transit the Post with the delays particularly worse during peak holiday periods.
However, Standard Bank -- lead financiers of the upgrade -- say the delays would be reduced by up to 75 percent after the upgrade which will be completed within 18 months.
Beitbridge is one of the busiest border posts in the SADC economic region, handling more than 12,000 travellers and 3,500 vehicles a day in the festive season.
Annually, this amounts to four million people, one million vehicles and millions of tons of freight.
But with traffic flows hitting record levels in recent years, facilities at the Post have proved woefully inadequate.
It can take up to four hours to transit the Post with the delays particularly worse during peak holiday periods.
However, Standard Bank -- lead financiers of the upgrade -- say the delays would be reduced by up to 75 percent after the upgrade which will be completed within 18 months.
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