$11.8B earmarked for roads and bridges in budget 2012

Government anticipates spending $11.8 billion this year to sustain and improve roads and bridges including $2.4 billion for the upgrade of 85 kilometres of existing roads and construction of 110 kilometres of virgin roads from Mabura Hill Road to Amaila Falls.

Last year, $8.7 billion was expended on the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of the land transport network, of which $6.9 billion was spent on roads and $1.8 billion on bridges. This year’s allocation