On September 8th, President Edgar Lungu commissioned construction works for the new Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway. The plans to increase capacity on the very busy road between Lusaka and the all-important Copperbelt Province have long been in the works and have been advocated for by many. The expectation is that the dual carriageway, once completed, will ease traffic congestion between Lusaka and Ndola with two immediate benefits: (1) Increase transport efficiency and more importantly (2) reduce the occurrence of road accidents, saving lives in the process.