There is a notice on the board at Spar, that comes from the local Councillors Office, informing local residents that the tarring of the 90km North bank road, connecting Oranjemund to Rosh Pinah, should be commencing in January 2014.
Anyone willing to place bets?
I hear the road will enter the town from a new direction, avoiding the north bank road.
Is Rosh Pina an "open town"? i.e. if I visit Oranjemund can I travel to R Pina without permission, and then on to Keetmanshoop or some other place instead of returning to Oranjemund?
Hey Mike,yes you can travel to Rosh Pinah,which is a open town,no problem there...
Somebody just emailed me this article about the road.... not too sure of the source....
A person in the cross border trade mentioned to me yesterday that the contracting companies for building the new tar road were importing a lot of equipment yesterday.
I was further informed that they would be setting up a camp down towards Welwitschia side of town and another group would be based at Daberas....
Quote from: Mike Stenson on November 07, 2013, 02:02:31 AM
I hear the road will enter the town from a new direction, avoiding the north bank road.
perhaps it will avoid town and end up else where
Well,at last the road company have set up camp,so its no more ifs and buts .... was allso some rumours going around that it was shoprite checkers trucks,ya right ....at last the long awaited tar road is a reality...nice ...
Had a closer look over the weekend,correction these machines are here for a shoprite usave ... to be erected in that vicinity,the material offloaded looks defnitely like shop material etc,etc....hehehe
HEHEHE and if you believe the above examine your head...... swink :culo1:
I stopped by the contractors doing samples of the gravel road asked the gentleman what they where up to, he informed me they where doing samples of the existing gravel road condition every 200m from O/Mund to Rosh Pina to compile the status of the under footing for the new tar road.
The Tar road will follow the old gravel road all the way he did mention there would be area's where they would deviate from the existing road to reduce corners.
I asked about the area close to the river and he said they where going to cut deeper into the hill and lift it higher but it would run basically the same route.
Completion 2 to 3 years