29 Nov 2022

All the bad sections of A3 Road from Francistown to Nata, Nata to Maun and Maun to Toteng will be reconstructed during the Transitional Development Plan. 

The Minister of Transport and Public Works Mr Eric Molale told Parliament that pending the Transitional Development Plan, the ministry was currently carrying out routine maintenance works, which included pothole patching, edge repairs and grading where the surfacing layer has disintegrated, especially during and after the rainy seasons. 

The sections of the A3 highway in question are Francistown-Nata, Nata-Gweta, Gweta-Phuduhudu and Maun-Toteng. 

He said out of 736 people who were involved in accidents that occurred on the A3 Road in the last five years, 94 people died, 241 sustained serious injuries while 401 survived with minor injuries. 

Minister Molale further noted that out of the 1 085 accidents that occurred on A3 Road in the last five years, 75 were fatal, while 1 010 were non-fatal accidents. 

Serowe South MP, Mr Leepetswe Lesedi had wanted to know plans in place to address the deplorable state of the A3 highway to bring it to a roadworthy standard.  

He also asked the minister to share statistics about those who died on the A3 highway in the last five years as well as the fatal and non-fatal accidents that occurred on the road in question. Ends