Rehabilitating Existing Bike Paths in Zambia

Yes, Virginia, they ride bicycles in Zambia:

Government has announced that the Lusaka City Council is working on plans to rehabilitate the existing paths for cyclists in the city.

Minister of Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Norman Chibamba told parliament today that the Lusaka City Council has no immediate plans of constructing new lanes for cyclists but would seek to rehabilitate the existing ones.

Mr. Chibamba said the Local Authority would only consider constructing new lanes when funds are made available by the Central Government.

He was responding to a question from Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) Muchinga Constituency Member of Parliament Ackson Kalunga who wanted to know whether government was considering constructing new cyclists paths alongside major roads in Lusaka.

He told Parliament that the programme will be extended to other towns in the country to avoid road traffic accidents involving cyclists and to enable cyclists have great freedom.

ZAMBIA NEWS AGENCY ( 1/24 ): Cyclists lanes to be re-looked at.