Beverly Bizeki
Masvingo City Council has recorded a slight decrease in vehicle misuse in the month of June compared to the record in May.
This came out in the council meeting of the Public Works and Planning Committee minutes dated July 11, 2023 where 3828 driving violations were recorded, a 10 percent decrease from 4 285 recorded in May.
The committee urged the Acting Director of Engineering Services to caution drivers to reduce violations.
“It was reported that 3 828 driving violations had been recorded during the month (June 2023) The Committee urged the Acting Director of Engineering Services to caution drivers to reduce violations,” read the minutes.
Commenting on the May figures earlier, Masvingo City Mayor Collen Maboke said some of the violations recorded were very minor saying the tracking system records everything.
In the same month, council also recorded that the municipal police made 436 arrests and raised US$ 6250 from various traffic offences.
In the Health, Housing minutes dated July 6, of the 436 offences recorded, continuous parking after disc expiry topped the list accounting for 331 arrests followed pick and drop at undesignated points together impound fee.
The other traffic offences include failure to purchase parking discs, wrong parking, storage fees, failure to display parking discs, and obstruction.
Council also made US$ 7 980 from 393 licensing offences recorded in the same month.
