WINDHOEK: Chief Executive Officer of the Roads Authority , Conrad Lutombi has said that the four – lane freeway connecting Windhoek and Okahandja will greatly enhance traffic flow , including the transportation of goods and services . Lutombi was speaking at the opening ceremony of the last section of the Okahandja – Windhoek freeway on Friday . ‘ You will see now that many people who are living in Okahandja don ‘ t have to leave at 04h00 to go to Windhoek to work . They can now leave at 07h00 and they will be there in 25 minutes . We can almost guarantee that we will not have head – on – collisions between Okahandja and Windhoek ,’ he said . ‘ If you look at the traffic , our traffic count shows that between Windhoek and Okahandja , we almost have over 15 000 vehicles passing per day . So this road will really facilitate both the movement of traffic and therefore also facilitate the movement of goods and services . So it is quite very important .’ The freeway , which has been under construction since 2019 at
a cost of N . dollars 1 . 4 billion , is nearly fully complete , according to Lutombi . ‘ We are almost 99 per cent complete with the leg of Okahandja . We were busy with the construction from Omakunde to the Okahandja – Otjiwarongo interchange … and we are happy that we are now done and today we are opening this road to traffic for the public to start enjoying it . Yes we will still do some minor works , especially at the interchange Okahandja – Otjiwarongo , especially under the bridge , but overall , we are almost done ,’ Lutombi said . Jason Hashoshange , one of the project engineers who supervised the road construction , remarked that the project was both challenging and fulfilling . ‘ It was a challenging project as you will appreciate that this road goes through the farming community . So that means we have to do a lot of stakeholder consultation and engagements to make sure that the farmers give permission for us to be able to continue with the construction of the road , and also to make sure they a
re compensated accordingly ,’ he said .
Source: The Namibia News Agency