12 Dec 2023

The North West District Council has received P3.25 million for this financial year under the road levy fund as compared to P2.5 million in the previous financial year.

The money will be used for the wet grading of internal roads, purchasing of pre-mixers and the hiring of casual labourers for the maintenance of internal roads.

Council chairperson, Mr Itumeleng Kelebetseng revealed this when delivering a speech at the ongoing full council meeting. 

He noted that they had purchased the pre-mixers, employed 50 casual labourers in Maun and Sehithwa while the tender for the wet grading was at evaluation stage.

He acknowledged that the funds were not enough to include all the works that were needed. 

He said a water catchment area was constructed at the back of Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital as a temporary measure and that a permanent solution would be implemented under the Transitional National Development Plan (TNDP).

On the construction of Maun internal roads, Mr Kelebetseng said the project was at mobilisation stage and that the site was handed over to the development manager on October 8, 2023. 

He also said the council had deployed three teams to carry out road maintenance in three villages; one team in Maun, another in Sehithwa and the third in Shorobe.

He said roads that had been prioritised for reconstruction were the Maun-Sehithwa and Sehithwa-Tsau roads, adding that during construction the access road to Nxaraga and Toteng would be constructed.

He also told councillors that a new weigh bridge would be constructed at Sehithwa together with offices and staff houses.

In addition, Mr Kelebetseng said the reconstruction of the Gweta-Maun and Maun-Shorobe roads were under consideration. 

He said road maintenance of Shorobe-Mababe and Samedupi-Somelo had commenced.

Mr Kelebetseng said they would continue engaging communities in routine maintenance such as vegetation control along major roads, adding that all village development committees and community trusts would be engaged in vegetation control. ENDS