The governments of Botswana and Zambia are to expected spend more than US$70 million on construction of the Kazungula Bridge and to own the bridge jointly, the Botwanan government has said. Bidding for the project is ready to start once the two governments have agreed to proceed with this financing arrangement, said Ministry of Works & Transport permanent secretary Nyadza Thipe. Nine international consortia have already expressed interest in developing the bridge on a build-operate-transfer basis and six have been shortlisted.