Up to 18 road projects are set to be implemented in the neighbourhoods of Masvingo city in the year 2024 under the ERRP 2 program.

The program seeks to do routine maintenances of 30km spot gravelling, 80km pothole, 50km drain clearing and 2km drain concrete lining among other activities.

Main targeted roads include Zviitirei street, (sisk-Christian college link), Mushuku street, Aquamarine, Shezhu, Manhede, KMP main road, Samson Mundondo, Mbudzi main road, 4.1 Barrack road, S Makuyana, J Chauke, Garisanai, Haka, Ndira, Nyaradzo, Chirandu, Davis Mugabe and Save crescent.

The city’s infrastructure project aims at developing the public transport sector and ease traffic flow in Masvingo urban.  

According to the program, the city will have will have a length of 162 kilometres of roads upgraded in four phases by 2024. 

Under phase one, 30km will be gravelled, phase two, 6.4km spot dumping, phase 3, pothole patching, phase 4, 5.6 km drain clearing on the current road network.

Construction works shall involve drain lining, rehabilitation of roads across the city, upgrading, repairing and renovating them among other activities

The ERRP2 project aims at fostering urban mobility and public transportation.

There are deliberate efforts to transform Masvingo into a recreational and environmentally friendly city that is full of life and opportunities for residents and visitors. 

From beautification of roundabouts, establishment of themed and amusement parks, to development of tourism projects and outdoor sporting places and scenic sites, the City of Masvingo will never be the same. 

The current recreational project along Mutare road before Caravan Park is one of several Council’s recreational projects that is being developed to create more green and recreational parks that will turn the city into a healthy and sustainable habitat for the growing urban population. 

The recreational project define the culture and values of the city, giving visitors a feel of the Great Zimbabwe through stonework and chevron partners. 

Council is confident that the plans to create more green and recreational parks will help turn the city into a healthy and sustainable habitat for the growing population. 

The park will feature walkways, cycling routes, nature viewareas, bird hides, colourful indegenious trees, manicured gardens and picnic areas among other facilities that a modern park would have.

In preparation for a planned and sustainable future, the City of Masvingo today engaged in a half day workshop to advise stakeholders on the key priorities which include an update on the Master Plan preparation process, validate the report of study that will inform the scope of the Master Plan, Written Statement and define next steps towards finalization of the Master Plan.

Council has taken steps to inform stakeholders on continued progression of the City of Masvingo Master Plan through the lens of ‘where are we now? ‘, and informing two additional questions, ‘ where do we want to go?, and how do we get there?’

The intent is to carry out a comprehensive Master Plan that is inclusive, transparent and grounded in extensive consultation with the community.

In all aims to manage solid waste and wanting to make Masvingo urban a clean city, the City of Masvingo has effected lifelong responsible and sustainable environmental control mechanisms which include landfilling to manage the bulk of solid waste, Waste to Energy (WtE) innovation, 3 Rs; that is Reduce  Reuse and Recycle – separation of waste at source as well as strategies for solid waste management at Ward level through creation of effective and efficient health clubs and clean up campaigns. 

The City’s integrated approach and invigorated by environment education has continuously stood out as the most effective strategy in capacity building of the community for improved performance. 

Masvingo City has demonstrated that solid waste that is created in the city is evacuated and arranged in a protected and proficient way at the Cambria landfill. Council has managed to accomplish better solid waste administration framework because of fairly adequate waste gathering and good transfer framework. 

Council has managed to come up and effectively enforce the City of Masvingo Anti- littering Bylaw coupled with the Public Health Act with a $5 fine for littering and $20 fine for illegal dumping. Thus, has enabled the City to do away with the problem of open dumps.

City of Masvingo aims on its strategic blueprint and on its main objective to attain, An Industrialised World Class Metropolitan City by 2030, to achieve this, stresses a smart environment devoid of pollution in its operational parameters.

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The City of Masvingo has managed to put inplace a web- based parking system code named ‘Wezhira the Parker’ that offers pay and park facilities with computerized parking receipts. 

Council has already installed software and provided hand-held devices for attendants at parking lots that connect the feed from the City’s parking spots to the central server on the City of Masvingo website – www.masvingocity.org.zw. 

The hand-held device generates e-receipts and the software allows motorists to view online the number of free and occupied slots as and when cars enter and exit the parking lot. Council also proposes to issue preloaded cards to car owners for cashless payments. 

The new system is also aimed at reducing parking woes in the central business district. 

Data collected from client satisfaction surveys over a year ago, the City of Masvingo had flouted the idea of transparent online system in a bid to tighten security and increase revenue collection.