Mutorwa commissions Onamafila road
Works and transport minister John Mutorwa on Thursday led the official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Onamafila district road in the Ohangwena Region’s Oshikunde constituency.
The 10-kilometre road will be built by Nexus at a cost of N$11 million. The construction is expected to be completed within six months. Last year, the dilapidated condition of the road hindered the construction of the Onamafila clinic, which took close to two years to complete.
Mutorwa said access to road infrastructure is essential for Namibia’s development. Using Ondangwa road as an example, he said these roads are congested, especially during huge festivities, when motorists line up for hours before they can reach their destinations. The minister said this is a situation that will change soon.
“It needs an intervention as per the Windhoek-Okahandja road. The congestion can frustrate the motorists,” he said.
Access for all
Construction of the Onamafila road, which started at the beginning of July, has led to jobs for 15 local residents so far.
Mutorwa said his ministry aims to connect all the 14 regions to a proper road network, with the aim of bringing services closer to the people.
“The difficulties of accessing needed services due to bad road networks should be a thing of the past for rural communities,” he said.
Mutorwa said every Namibian has the right to demand services that are needed in their area.
Road Authority (RA) chief executive officer Conrad Lutombi said the difficulties of accessing essential services such as health facilities and schools due to bad roads should be a thing of the past.
“No longer should residents have to navigate through difficult, dusty sandy roads that take up too much of their time and limited resources just to access the basics. No one should suffer the pain of being driven for long hours just to get to a clinic for medical care,” he said.
He added that the RA has constructed roads where there were none before and expanded on existing roads, creating new routes, “connecting people, communities and regions.”
Currently, the RA is working on the rural accessibility programme, which involves the construction of 40 kilometres to connect various schools and clinics, with the project already at 95% completion.
In addition, the construction of the gravel road for Endola-Eembo, which commenced in June last year, will be completed in December, while the construction of the gravel road for Onakalunga-Epinga is expected to be completed this month.
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The 10-kilometre road will be built by Nexus at a cost of N$11 million. The construction is expected to be completed within six months. Last year, the dilapidated condition of the road hindered the construction of the Onamafila clinic, which took close to two years to complete.
Mutorwa said access to road infrastructure is essential for Namibia’s development. Using Ondangwa road as an example, he said these roads are congested, especially during huge festivities, when motorists line up for hours before they can reach their destinations. The minister said this is a situation that will change soon.
“It needs an intervention as per the Windhoek-Okahandja road. The congestion can frustrate the motorists,” he said.
Access for all
Construction of the Onamafila road, which started at the beginning of July, has led to jobs for 15 local residents so far.
Mutorwa said his ministry aims to connect all the 14 regions to a proper road network, with the aim of bringing services closer to the people.
“The difficulties of accessing needed services due to bad road networks should be a thing of the past for rural communities,” he said.
Mutorwa said every Namibian has the right to demand services that are needed in their area.
Road Authority (RA) chief executive officer Conrad Lutombi said the difficulties of accessing essential services such as health facilities and schools due to bad roads should be a thing of the past.
“No longer should residents have to navigate through difficult, dusty sandy roads that take up too much of their time and limited resources just to access the basics. No one should suffer the pain of being driven for long hours just to get to a clinic for medical care,” he said.
He added that the RA has constructed roads where there were none before and expanded on existing roads, creating new routes, “connecting people, communities and regions.”
Currently, the RA is working on the rural accessibility programme, which involves the construction of 40 kilometres to connect various schools and clinics, with the project already at 95% completion.
In addition, the construction of the gravel road for Endola-Eembo, which commenced in June last year, will be completed in December, while the construction of the gravel road for Onakalunga-Epinga is expected to be completed this month.
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