Responding
to
questions
from
legislators
in
the
National
Assembly,
Ncube
explained
that
a
portion
of
the
funds
was
allocated
to
compensate
families
who
were
relocated
to
make
way
for
the
infrastructure
development.
He
said:
We
spent
$65
million
on
things
such
as,
for
instance,
contractors’
establishment
on
site,
accommodation
of
traffic,
the
drains
and
just
picking
up
a
few
things,
pitching
storm
rate
protection
against
erosion,
stabilisation,
prime
court,
road
signs
and
foundation
structures
so
the
hard
infrastructure
engineering
part
was
$65.5
million.Then
we
had
to
add
some
bridges,
which
were
needed.
Things
like
bridge
1,
bridge
2,
up
to
bridge
12,
that
was
another
$16
million,
for
example.Then
there
was
the
supervisor
engineering
fees
and
electrical
works.
Supervisor
fees
alone
$2.4
million,
electrical
works
$4.4
million,
for
example.
If
you
just
add
those,
then
we
are
coming
to
$88.3
million.You
can
see
that
here
we
have
not
included
the
relocation
costs
that
I
was
referring
to.
This
$26
million
went
towards
those
relocation
costs,
relocating
households
who
were
on
the
way.We
did
that
successfully
and
we
thanked
them
for
agreeing
to
move.
That
is
what
happens
with
projects.You
have
these
unforeseen
costs
and
you
have
to
make
provisions
for
them.I
am
pleased
that
we
were
able
to
cover
them
and
I
think
the
Hon.
Members
are
pleased
with
the
product.I
hope
they
will
have
an
opportunity
to
drive
on
it
as
well
and
really
experience
it.It
is
a
wonderful
product
and
I
think
that
they
should
be
pleased
that
we
completed
the
project
successfully.