Deteriorating Ftown, Shakawe road irks cllrs

MAUN: North West District councillors say government has turned a blind eye on the dilapidated Francistown/Shakawe road, which they say is 864 kilometres of potholes. At present, the road is unusable from Nata to Maun due to Cyclone Dineo floods in February.

The same floods also worsened the road’s state in other areas, posing a danger to users. Speaking in council recently, Boro/Senonnori ward councillor, Kenson Kgaga said from Maun to Shakawe, the road has long over-lived its life span and is now hazardous.

Sehitwa/Kareng Ward councillor, Maitiro Segosebe said while there was a road resealing recently covering 66 kilometres between Maun to Toteng, this did not extend to Sehitwa.  “From Toteng to Sehitwa the road has massive potholes. 

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