Africa-Press – Botswana. Selebi Phikwe Town Council is ready for improving internal roads next financial year following the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development’s decision that constituency community projects funds should be utilised for the same.
Councillors unanimously gave the municipality the green light for the proposed road projects during a special full council meeting convened recently.
Mayor Lucas Modimana explained that P10 million would be allocated to each of the two Selebi Phikwe constituencies for the development of internal roads in order to facilitate the ease of doing business in the town.
Commending the ministry for the decision, he said it would help the council to carry out road maintenance explaining that some were in a bad state.Mr Modimana said refurbishing internal roads would go a long way in helping to attract foreign direct investment as well as tourists. He emphasised that infrastructure development was an integral part of development.
The council’s economic planner, Ms Queen Goepamang said in Selebi Phikwe East constituency a storm water drainage system along the Serowe-Mmutle road and a culvert drainage outlet along Boikhutso Junior Secondary School would be undertaken through the initiative.
Selebi Phikwe West constituency projects included reconstruction of storm water drainage outlets along James Mpotokwane Road and Nare Close as well as laying of interlocking bricks and road repairs at the former and the latter respectively.
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