{"id":3683,"date":"2026-04-17T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:30:46","slug":"solwezi-council-orders-demolitions-for-road-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3683","title":{"rendered":"SOLWEZI COUNCIL ORDERS DEMOLITIONS FOR ROAD PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">SOLWEZI Municipal Council has issued 176 demolition notices to business premises and residential properties owners that have built on the Mitec- boom gate road reserve to pave way for the construction of the dual carriage way which is slated for construction after the rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a statement issued to ZANIS in Solwezi District, Solwezi Municipal Council Public Relations officer Joy Sichizya said that the local authority has received positive feedback from the community as they have started demolition structures in preparation for the actual road works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">She stated that the local authority has started setting out the boundaries of the Mitec-Boom gate road to determine where the road will sit as per design, further appealing to other property owners to heed to the notice and ensure smooth works on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;Some business premises have started complying with the notice of the delimitation, we were on the ground today and we were able to see some facilities being brought down, wall fences that sat on the road reserve,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile Ms Sichizya disclosed that the local authority has conducted an engagement meeting with key stakeholders such as government departments, utility service providers and private sector players to deliberate on the design requirements and ensure coordinated planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The proposed 4.8 Mitec-Boom dual carriageway which is under a partnership between Kansanshi Mining PLC and Solwezi Municipal Council is expected to improve traffic flow, enhance road safety and contribute to economic growth in Solwezi District.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLWEZI Municipal Council has issued 176 demolition notices to business premises and residential properties owners that have built on the Mitec- boom gate road reserve to pave way for the construction of the dual carriage way which is slated for construction after the rainy season. In a statement issued to ZANIS in Solwezi District, Solwezi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}