Zimbabwe National Road Administration

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The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (German about: "National Road Administration Zimbabwe"), abbreviated ZINARA , is the national road authority of Zimbabwe . It was established in 2002 and is subordinate to the Department of Roads in the responsible ministry, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development (formerly Ministry of Transport and Communications , later Ministry of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development ).

tasks

The tasks of the national road administration of Zimbabwe with all sub-authorities (Roads Act: Part II, section 4 General functions of road authorities ) consist of planning , design , construction , maintenance , rehabilitation and management of the road system.

Authority structure

Road authorities under the Roads Act are:

  • for the regional , primary and secondary roads, the Department of Roads (DOR)
  • for the tertiary streets, a rural district council
  • for urban streets, a municipality , a town council , local board or rural district council (DC)
  • for urban or tertiary roads built and maintained by the District Development Fund (DDF), the road authority is the District Development Fund . The District Development Fund is a division of the Presidential Office of the Zimbabwean Government.

The headquarters of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration is located in the Highlands district of Harare . Branch offices exist in Bulawayo , Chinhoyi , Gwanda , Gweru , Marondera , Masvingo and Mutare .

The national road authority is controlled by a board of 12 members appointed by the Minister of Transport . This body works according to the specifications of the National Code for Corporate Governance for State Enterprises and Parastatals (ZIMCODE), German for example: “National regulation for the management and control of state enterprises and investment companies”.

Scope of the road network

The public road network of Zimbabwe includes (as of 2017, according to the African Development Bank Group ):

  • 17,016 km State Highways (state roads)
  • 8,194 km of Urban Roads (municipal roads )
  • 62,923 km of rural roads , partially tertiary roads (country roads).

A total of 88,133 km (as of the end of 2017) of the road network of Zimbabwe are under public administration.

Road classifications

overview

According to the Zimbabwean Roads Act (Act 6/2001 , amended by Act 22/2001 and Act 14/2002 ), a distinction is made between 5 road classes (see in the Act: Part VI, section 28 Declaration of roads ), for which there is a multi-level Authority structure gives different responsibilities:

  • Regional Road (German, means something like: "Road between the regions"), also Regional Trunk Roads (German about: "territorial trunk roads")
  • Primary Road (German roughly: "1st order street")
  • Secondary Road (German roughly: "Street 2. Order")
  • Tertiary Road (German roughly: "3rd order street")
  • Urban Road (German roughly: "Gemeindestraße")

Distinction

  • The Primary Road is a road that is not part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (international trunk road network), but which connects the Regional Roads with the urban centers or with each other and is declared as a Primary Road according to the road law.
  • The Regional Road is a road that forms the Regional Trunk Road Network and is declared as such according to the Roads Act.
  • The Secondary Road is a road that regional - Primary - Tertiary - and Urban -Roads links, or for public transport of industrial and mining centers, tourist attractions and smaller border crossings used and is declared as such by the Roads Act.
  • The Tertiary Road is a road for access to schools, health facilities, veterinary immersion tanks and other service facilities in the rural district council area as well as a connecting road to secondary , primary and regional roads in and to a rural district council area and as such according to the Roads Act is declared.
  • The Urban Road is:
a) any road in a rural district council area that is not a secondary , primary or regional road;
b) any street in an urban council area that is not a tertiary , secondary , primary or regional street.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Additional Zimbabwe Road Network Information . at www.dlca.logcluster.org (English)
  2. ^ Government of Zimbabwe: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development . on www.zim.gov.zw (English)
  3. ↑ ZINARA: Company History ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.zinara.co.zw (English), writing is programmed in white color, visible with marking function @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zinara.co.zw
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Parliament of Zimbabwe: Roads Act, Act 6/2001  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.zinara.co.zw (English) Parliament of Zimbabwe: roads-act-13-18@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zinara.co.zw  
  5. ↑ ZimStat: Census 2012. National Report ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.zimstat.co.zw (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zimstat.co.zw
  6. ↑ zinara: District Development Fund (DDF) . www.zinara.co.zw (English)
  7. ↑ ZINARA: Structure . www.zinara.co.zw (English)
  8. ^ African Development Bank Group: Zimbabwe Report. Road Transport Services and Infrastructure . at www.afdb.org (English)