Africa-Press – Botswana. Kweneng District Council has set aside P4 million for the maintenance of the A12 road section around Spar-Shoprite in Molepolole.
Kweneng District Council chairperson, Mr Allen Jacobs said during the opening of the first session of the ordinary full council meeting in Molepolole on Monday.
“Part of the funds will include installation of traffic lights on the A12 Lephephe and Letlhakeng junctions respectively,” he said adding that procurement for these works was underway and expected to start in April.
The road section in question had been a pain to motorists as it sat on a wet area and when it rained the surface water floods on top of it alongside water flowing underground. As a result the road is sunken and eroded.
On other issues, the chairperson informed the house that Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) was owed over P60 million as at February 2023, an increase of over P11 million from the past year.
From this cumulative amount he said over P32 million was owed by domestic customers while government institutions owed over P25 million and more than P2 million owed by Council with businesses owing about P1.8 million.
Mr Jacobs therefore implored fellow councillors to urge customers particularly domestic ones to reduce and clear their outstanding debt where possible.
“Reducing this debt is important as such revenue enables the Corporation to make necessary improvements and expansion to existing infrastructure,’’ he said.
Updating councillors on water situation, Mr Jacobs stated that water supply remained a challenge in the entire district. He however highlighted that the Gamononyane –Molepolole NSC II connection project was progressing well.
He said construction of the main pipeline from Gamononyane to Mosinki was well advanced with about 700 metres of pipeline already been laid.
The only section remaining he said was along the Lentsweletau road near Kwena Sereto junior secondary school.
Mr Jacobs said works on this section had already started and would be completed by end of this month while the remaining works on the main pipeline would be completed by end of April this year.
Also, the chairperson said waste collection remained a major challenge in the district due to shortage of funds to outsource waste management services in populated areas.
“Most households take more than a month while refuse cages take almost two months to be emptied,” he said.
While that was the case, he said the situation had resulted in rampant illegal dumping, customer complaints, unsightly environment and reduction in revenue collection as more clients had withdrawn from paying sanitation feed due to poor waste collection.
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