Tanzania, April 13 -- Dar es Salaam. Poor road development planning and chronic underfunding are slowing Tanzania's infrastructure expansion, increasing arrears and threatening service delivery, a new audit has revealed, showing that only half of planned road upgrades have been implemented over the past four years.

Despite rising demand for road infrastructure across the country, the government has over the past four consecutive financial years implemented an average of only 50 percent of planned road improvements between 2021/22 and 2024/25, a shortfall that the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) warns is now undermining transport efficiency, delaying economic activity and driving up unpaid contractor bills.

This is according to CAG ...