The Assessment on the Impact of Delaying Road Construction Projects in Zanzibar: A Case Study of Urban West Region Unguja

This study was intended to assess the impact of the delay road construction project in Zanzibar. The objectives of this study were to identify the factors that contribute to the delay in road construction project in Zanzibar. Also it aimed at assessing the social and economic impact of delays in roads construction project in Zanzibar. Finally the study expected to suggest the way to reduce the delay in road construction project in Zanzibar. The study was conducted in Zanzibar, using a case study design. A total 60 respondents were selected from the ministry of construction, UUB officials and local peoples. Information was collected from the respondents using focus group discussion, interview and questionnaires and analysed by spread sheet of Microsoft Windows where editing, coding, classification and tabulation were performed. Results have indicates that the major factor for the delay of road construction project is financial problems. Other factors were low supervision, corruption, low technology and poor tendering. On the side of the impact the findings indicates that environmental problems, low business activities and diseases were resulted from the delay road construction project. Meanwhile, the findings indicate that good financial management, proper planning and knowledge and skills were the possible measures to reduce the problem of the delay road construction project. The study recommend that the policies should be integrated and realistic, there is high need on integrating nongovernmental organizations and individual stakeholders of the road construction project on formulating, implementing and evaluation of the road construction project progresses in Zanzibar, this will bring together all the road construction project stakeholders and create sense of total participation and recognition on the duty of improving the road construction project and not be seen as mere duty of the government