Infrastructure tops Masisi’s SONA promises

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Faster, freer: The interchanges have eased traffic flow in the city PIC: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT & PUBLIC WORKS

Government plans to build three more flyover intersections in Gaborone – at Molapo Crossing, Airport Junction, and the Block 8 roundabout – as part of a countrywide infrastructure push, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.

Funding for design work and other studies for the three new intersections are included in the Transitional National Development Plan (TNDP), which contains P64 billion in spending plans up to March 2025.

The new interchanges will leave the University of Botswana intersection as the capital city’s last remaining major traffic roundabout after split-level interchanges were commissioned along the Western Bypass earlier this year.

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Infrastructure tops Masisi’s SONA promises

Government plans to build three more flyover intersections in Gaborone – at Molapo Crossing, Airport Junction, and the Block 8 roundabout – as part of a countrywide infrastructure push, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.

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