N$30m spent annually to repair damaged road pavements

NAMIBIA spends over N$30 million annually in the maintenance and repair of damaged road pavements.

This was said by Roads Authority (RA) CEO, Justin Runji, when he officially opened a seminar for prosecutors and magistrates under the theme “Building Competencies for Improving the transport corridor business” in the capital on Monday. He said one of the factors leading to the damage was overloading, adding that for this reason, a programme to construct weighbridges and to seriously control overloading was launched in 2000.Such weighbridges as Onhuno, Walvis Bay and Brakwater weighbridges have been constructed and are fully operational, he added.Runji explained that additional weighbridges facilities would continue to be constructed countrywide.”We wish to concentrate first on those trunk roads designated as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Development Corridors,” he said.The CEO added that these corridors include Walvis Bay-Botswana Gauteng Maputo corridor, running from the western cost to the east constituting the Trans Kalahari Highway.He said the North-South corridor running from the border with South Africa to Oshikango at the border with Angola, the Walvis Bay TransCaprivi Ndola Lubumbashi and the Walvis Bay Oshikango-Namibe are the two other corridors.He said also important in overload control is levelling the playing field among the operators, adding that it is common knowledge that attraction of investors has become a buzz phrase in matters of economic growth.-NampaHe said one of the factors leading to the damage was overloading, adding that for this reason, a programme to construct weighbridges and to seriously control overloading was launched in 2000.Such weighbridges as Onhuno, Walvis Bay and Brakwater weighbridges have been constructed and are fully operational, he added.Runji explained that additional weighbridges facilities would continue to be constructed countrywide.”We wish to concentrate first on those trunk roads designated as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Development Corridors,” he said.The CEO added that these corridors include Walvis Bay-Botswana Gauteng Maputo corridor, running from the western cost to the east constituting the Trans Kalahari Highway.He said the North-South corridor running from the border with South Africa to Oshikango at the border with Angola, the Walvis Bay TransCaprivi Ndola Lubumbashi and the Walvis Bay Oshikango-Namibe are the two other corridors.He said also important in overload control is levelling the playing field among the operators, adding that it is common knowledge that attraction of investors has become a buzz phrase in matters of economic growth.-Nampa