Gweru City Council Terminates Contract With 'Traffic Lights' Company, Asks To Be Refunded

Gweru City Council cancelled an agreement it entered into with Chinese Company Drewland in 2013. The company was awarded tender contract to install solar-powered traffic lights at 16 intersections in the city at a cost of $500 000. Drewland failed to honour its obligations and the council terminated the tender and demanded a refund. However, the company is unwilling to reimburse the funds. Gweru City mayor Josiah Makombe had this to say

Our legal team is working on getting what was paid to the contractor. Our traffic lights are not working and some intersections have not been installed with solar traffic lights after the contractor failed to complete the job.

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