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By Michael Kaluba
Government has directed Zambia Police Traffic Officers to ensure that no trucks are allowed to park at undesignated spots on the road while truck parks remain empty, including those currently parked along the road towards Kasumbalesa Boarder.
Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says even trucks that are currently marooned between Kitwe and Kasumbalesa border post due to the situation at that crossing point, must be directed to various truck parks designated along the route and only allowed to be on the road once they are cleared to cross the border.
Mr. Tayali says the implementation of the National Transport Policy under which truck parks and dry ports are to be operated, is an inter-ministerial undertaking involving the local authorities through the Ministry of Local Government, Police under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security but that the congestion towards Kasumbalesa should be dealt with by traffic police officers immediately.
And Mr. Tayali has disclosed that his ministry is currently working together with the Ministries of Finance, Local Government and Commerce to implement a 24 hour border operation to allow for smooth flow of traffic in and out of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In September 2020, the Ministry of Transport disclosed that Zambia was losing up to $700 Million annually to road congestion and disjoints in the country’s transport systems which included unregulated parking of trucks prompting the initiation of the national transport policy under which dry ports with truck parks would be created but is yet to be implemented almost 2 years on.
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