Corridor Group examines road safety

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) and stakeholders gathered at Otjiwarongo on Tuesday to discuss the findings of a case study on how best to utilise the corridor roads. The one-day meeting analysed information generated in a case study carried out in November and December 2016 along the corridors to assist the WBCG in finding effective road safety solutions. A road safety specialist, Felix Tjozongoro, who also compiled the draft document, conducted the study. He said it needed final input from stakeholders and should not be spared from constructive criticism. The study focused on finding out how safe the corridor roads will be in the next five years in terms of truck congestion, roaming of domestic animals, road accidents, safety of pedestrians, narrow roads, overloading of goods and damages to the roads. The manager for spatial development initiative at the WBCG, Gilbert Boois, said the Port of Walvis Bay and its corridor members were strategically located to give Namibia a competitive position in providing the best transport to link regional and international trades. The Walvis Bay Corridor refers to a network of roads and railways linking different countries to the Port of Walvis Bay. It includes a stretch of the Trans-Kalahari road and Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development road that was known as the Trans-Caprivi Corridor but was renamed in 2010 after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia joined the group. The Trans-Cunene-Corridor is also of the group as a road network stretching from the port of Walvis Bay via Otjiwarongo, Oshivelo and Oshikango into Angola. Stakeholders such as the Namibian Police and local authority traffic units, Roads Authority (RA), private ambulance service providers, different local authorities, fire brigade units, recovery services (tow-in trucks) and members of the regional road safety attended the meeting.NAMPA

Corridor Group examines road safety

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-04

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