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It is the only other road after the M18 road that connects the towns of the North-Western and Copperbelt provinces and is currently the main route motorists use to reach Angola from Zambia. The section of the road from Chingola to Mutanda is a toll road (there is a tollgate just west of Chingola and a tollgate just west of Solwezi).
In the 1970s Zambia had one of the best highway networks in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1991 it was estimated by the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) that 80 percent of the road network had deteriorated and out of total road assets valued at US$2.3 billion, US$400 million had been lost due to neglected maintenance.
[1] [2] The road is the longest route of the country, as it is approximately 1,155 kilometres (718 mi). [3] [2] The route from Nakonde to Kafue is a toll road. [4] The route from Tanzania to Lusaka is Zambia's Great North Road and is part of the Tanzam Highway. For its entire route, the T2 is part of the Cape to Cairo Road.
The fact that the road started at Landless Corner, 69 km north of Lusaka, suited traffic to and from the Copperbelt. Lusaka did not become the capital of the country until about the time the road was built (1935) and it was not until the late 1940s that it became an important centre.
The T1 or Lusaka–Livingstone Road is the main highway of the Southern Province of Zambia. [1] It begins 55 kilometres south of the city of Lusaka (10 kilometres south of Kafue) and heads south-west to the principal tourist destination, Victoria Falls in Livingstone, via Mazabuka, Monze, Choma and Kalomo, measuring approximately 430 kilometres (267 mi).
[1] [2] The entire route is a toll road. [3] In Kapiri Mposhi, the T3 connects with the T2 to Lusaka, making it part of the main link between Zambia's capital city and DR Congo. [2] The T3 is the main route through the Copperbelt Province, passing through 4 and bypassing 1 of the 10 main towns in the province.
It is the only institution authorised to issue vehicle training and driving licences in Zambia. [1] [2] [3] The agency also ensures that there is road safety in the country. Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. [4]
[1] [2] [5] It is expected to cost $79.8 million and the concession agreement is for a period of 25 years (up to 2048). [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Plans include rehabilitating the entire road in the first 2 years and maintaining it thereafter, constructing a toll plaza on the road and constructing border post infrastructure at Chanida.
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