LUSHOTO, Feb. 18 -- THE Tanzanian government has completed a feasibility study and detailed design for the upgrading of the 32-km Mombo–Lushoto road.

Deputy Minister for Works Godfrey Kasekenya announced this during Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchembas ongoing tour in Lushoto District, Tanga Region.

He said the project is part of the governments broader strategy to stimulate tourism, tea farming, horticulture, fruit production, and timber trade in Lushoto.

Kasekenya added that the Ministry of Works, through the TANROADS, also plans to upgrade to tarmac the 74-km Soni–Bumbuli–Dindira–Old Korogwe road to better connect Lushoto and Korogwe districts through a mountainous route serving key commercial farming areas.

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