P12 Road (Zimbabwe)

Coordinates: 16°18′47″S 29°14′38″E / 16.313046°S 29.243965°E / -16.313046; 29.243965

The M15 Makuti-Kariba Highway is a 2-way asphalt surface international highway[1] from the A1 Highway at Makuti to Zambia via the Kariba Dam Wall. The maximum speed on this road is 120 kilometres (75 mi) per hour.[2]

It is also a primary road P12 Highway and part of Zimbabwean trunk road system.

Background

The M15 road was constructed at the same time with the Kariba Dam as an access road betwwen Zambia and Zimbabwe through the dam wall. It is by all means a loop road to the Lusaka-Harare Highway. On the Zambian side it begins from a T-junction with the T2 Highway which runs from Lusaka to Chirundu.[3][4] Here is is called the Siavonga Road.[5] On the Zimbabwean side its begins from a junction with R3/A1 Highway which runs from Harare to Chirundu at Makuti.

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Operations

The Highway is tolled on either side of the dam wall. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and the Zambia Revenue Authority collects the tolls for using the dam wall but payable to the Zambezi River Authority.[6]

Tourist to safari areas this side of the Kariba Dam use the M15 from Makuti. Those interested in marine life also use this highway to habours at Kaeiba.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 3. Project Description: | 3.1 Project Location. | The international road M15 croses the Zambia-Zimbabwe border on the Kariba Dam crest. Therefore, the site can be reached from both banks, i.e. from Zimbabwe and from Zambia. Environmental Resources Management| Content Assets|Retrieved 2 April 2016
  2. ↑ Chris Pakenham. 2015 Way: M15 Kariba to Makuti (283552860) OpenStreetMap |Retrieved 2 April 2016
  3. ↑ |BICON Zambia Ltd. - Consulting Engineers & Project Managers: Projects | ( Periodic Maintenance Of Road M15 From T2 Road To Kariba Dam Gate (68Kms) )The M15 Road is an existing Class IC bituminous surfaced road which is 70kms long and links the T2 Road to Siavonga and Kariba Dam (68Kms) BICON Zambia|Retrieved 2 April 2016
  4. ↑ Customer Feedback |Car Hire Zambia | Compare cheap car rentals |Lake Kariba Getaway in Siavonga A three hour drive on the T2 and M15 will bring you to Siavonga, on Lake Kariba at the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. Car hire Zambia information|Retrieved 2 April 2016
  5. ↑ Geoview Info Siavonga Road Geoview|Zambia|Retrieved 2 April 2016
  6. ↑ Commissioner General. October 2012 |Public Notice No. 22 of 2012: Tolls now payable on use of Kariba Dam Wall|Please Note: Tolls for the use of Kariba Dam Wall are payable to the Zambezi River Authority and are collected by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on the Zimbabwean side of the dam and the Zambia Revenue Authority on the Zambian side. Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) |Public Notices|Retrieved 2 April 2016
  7. ↑ | Where we are | By Road: From Harare, take the Harare Chirundu road through the towns of Banket, Chinhoyi and Karoi till you reach Makuti (Approximately 290 kms), where you will turn left and proceed down the escarpment, and travel for 75 kilometres until you reach the town of Kariba... If driving from Zambia you may also drive directly across the Kariba Dam wall via the Siavonga border crossing in Zambia to the Zimbabwe border post, both are situated on either side of the dam wall. Marineland Harbour Kariba |General|Retrieved 2 April 2016
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