Oshakati-Omungwelume road to be resurfaced

EENHANA – The Roads Authority has no money to upgrade the 36-km gravel road between Oshakati and Omungwelume to a tarred road this financial year.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Roads Authority, Erastus Ikela, said this at a recent meeting with the Minister of Works, Transport and Communication, Joel Kaapanda, and the Ohangwena Regional Council. Users of the gravel road have for years complained about its dangerous condition and asked the Government to tar it.The community says the road can no longer cope with the increasing traffic flow.Ikela told Nampa that the Roads Authority had decided to improve the condition of the road by re-gravelling and sealing it once funds expected from the American Millennium Challenge Account became available.He said the resurfacing of the road would start this year and would be completed in about seven years.The Oshakati-Omungwelume gravel road was built at a cost of N$5,4 million in 1993.- NampaUsers of the gravel road have for years complained about its dangerous condition and asked the Government to tar it.The community says the road can no longer cope with the increasing traffic flow.Ikela told Nampa that the Roads Authority had decided to improve the condition of the road by re-gravelling and sealing it once funds expected from the American Millennium Challenge Account became available.He said the resurfacing of the road would start this year and would be completed in about seven years.The Oshakati-Omungwelume gravel road was built at a cost of N$5,4 million in 1993.- Nampa