Municipality fails to maintain infrastructure

Frank Steffen
    - 2023-05-03 10:09:00
Yesterday, Lydia Amutenya of the City of Windhoek's public relations department was unable to answer our sister publication, the Allgemeine Zeitung, as to why the municipality has been reacting so slowly to repairing damaged infrastructure. However, she promised to forward the inquiry. On 1 May, General Murtala Muhammed Avenue in Klein Windhoek remained closed due to a burst pipe at the point where it branches off from Kuiseb Street. The road remained closed on Tuesday and the City did not attempt to repair the damage to this access road, which is important to residents and businesses in Eros. The question as to why damage caused by rain at Schanzen Road has not yet been repaired for more than three weeks also remained unanswered, so too the question as to why traffic lights at important intersections sometimes remain out of order for weeks - such as the traffic lights at the intersection at Frank Fredericks - Auas Road - B1 main road to Rehoboth.