Swakop completes N$7m road project
Adam Hartman
SWAKOPMUND
The areas around Swakopmund schools are set to become safer after the coastal town’s municipality recently announced plans to upgrade these roads.
The town’s general manager for engineering and planning services Clarence McClune said a N$7 million resurfacing project around Atlantic High School was completed last week, and included the upgrading of Kwikstertjie and Suikerbekkie streets and Mossie Lane.
The groundbreaking for the project was held last July.
“The planning, development and construction of the road project was due to council having prioritised the upgrading of roads around schools, and council hopes these upgrades will continue well into the foreseeable future,” McClune said.
Problem areas
In 2020, the Swakopmund municipal council hired a consultant to assess the condition of the town’s road infrastructure. This has helped determine problem areas that need to be prioritised and distributing resources needed to deal with them most effectively.
The project at Atlantic High School included surfacing the gravel road, constructing curbs and replacing street lights. Road signs, crossings and parking space were also added. “It’s to ensure that pedestrians and motorists are safe and guided properly, especially around schools during peak traffic times,” McClune said.
Over 20 people from the coastal town were employed.
McClune encouraged the community to report potholes and the deterioration of certain roadways to the municipality’s works section as this enables them to be proactive. “Although we will not be able to respond to all inquiries right once, reports will be acknowledged and responded to as soon as possible,” he said.
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SWAKOPMUND
The areas around Swakopmund schools are set to become safer after the coastal town’s municipality recently announced plans to upgrade these roads.
The town’s general manager for engineering and planning services Clarence McClune said a N$7 million resurfacing project around Atlantic High School was completed last week, and included the upgrading of Kwikstertjie and Suikerbekkie streets and Mossie Lane.
The groundbreaking for the project was held last July.
“The planning, development and construction of the road project was due to council having prioritised the upgrading of roads around schools, and council hopes these upgrades will continue well into the foreseeable future,” McClune said.
Problem areas
In 2020, the Swakopmund municipal council hired a consultant to assess the condition of the town’s road infrastructure. This has helped determine problem areas that need to be prioritised and distributing resources needed to deal with them most effectively.
The project at Atlantic High School included surfacing the gravel road, constructing curbs and replacing street lights. Road signs, crossings and parking space were also added. “It’s to ensure that pedestrians and motorists are safe and guided properly, especially around schools during peak traffic times,” McClune said.
Over 20 people from the coastal town were employed.
McClune encouraged the community to report potholes and the deterioration of certain roadways to the municipality’s works section as this enables them to be proactive. “Although we will not be able to respond to all inquiries right once, reports will be acknowledged and responded to as soon as possible,” he said.
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