{"id":79705,"date":"2025-12-31T20:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/livingstone-roads-upgrade-to-start-next-year"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:37:40","slug":"livingstone-roads-upgrade-to-start-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/livingstone-roads-upgrade-to-start-next-year","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone Roads Upgrade to Start Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Tourism Minister RODNEY SIKUMBA says works to upgrade 8.9 kilometres of roads in Livingstone are expected to begin next year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. SIKUMBA says the project will be carried out under the World Bank-supported Green, Resilient and Transformational Tourism Development Project.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister, who is also Livingstone Member of Parliament, says he is working closely with the local authority to further improve the road network through the Constituency Development Fund -CDF.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Livingstone Roads Upgrade to Start Next Year\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6SnJsv5zEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. 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