P34m goes to waste in Boatle-Gaborone road

Blasting activities along the new dual Boatle- Gaborone dual carriageway PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Blasting activities along the new dual Boatle- Gaborone dual carriageway PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Boatle-Game City road that was resurfaced two years ago will be destroyed to give way for a new dual carriageway that is under construction, Mmegi has learnt.

The old road was resealed and had shoulders widened at approximately P34.4 million. The Gaborone-Boatle Road has reached its design life and there is need for its reconstruction to address the pavement distress and also accommodate the current traffic population.

 “The recent maintenance intervention to do asphalt overlay was to increase the life-span by another five to six years because at the time a budget had not been secured for the long-term plan to reconstruct the road,” says a response from the roads department.

Editor's Comment
Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up