ROAD SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON CARDS Government is planning to monitor all national roads through camera surveillance, transport and communications minister, Mr Nonofo Molefhi has said. Addressing a kgotla meeting in Mathangwane recently, Mr Molefhi said a lot of drivers were not adhering to the 120km/h speed and through camera surveillance, they could be brought to book. He said a piloted surveillance camera project undertaken in Gaborone for 36 hours, registered about 6 800 road offences. The minister said with drivers failing to change their attitude, millions of Pula could be collected and used for maintaining and servicing the roads. Mr Molefhi said they collected between P15 and P20 million from the country’s 450 000 vehicle registrations annually and that could only cover a construction of a four kilometre road. Due to the financial meltdown, he said, a number of road projects including the Mmandunyane/Mathangwane road were suspended. He said should funds become available, construction of the road from Mathangwane to Chadibe would begin. Residents were informed that government was contemplating re-introducing the passenger train. One locomotive and coach were valued at P7 million and P23 million respectively, the minister explained. He said in order to recover the expenses; it would not be profitable to have train fares that are less than bus fares. Earlier, the VDC chairman, Mr General Mokobela decried the delay in construction of the Mmandunyane/Shashe Mooke/Mathangwane road. He said people were relocated a long time ago and compensated to pave way for the road, except for the four who were not yet relocated. Mr Mokobela noted that those people continued to develop their plots and it would be costly for the government to relocate them. He also complained that the contractor responsible for building the Thalogang Bridge along Mathangwane/Makobo road had long been on site but nothing had been done. He also lamented the take-over of dirt roads by the central government from council saying it created confusion over who was responsible for which road. Mr Mokobela also said it was unfair for police to charge motorists for exceeding the 60km/h speed limit along the Francistown-Maun road near Hobona because there was no such speed limit sign. He noted that the road sign had long fallen down and the Roads Department was failing to erect a new one. For his part, Kgosi Itekeng Mathangwane requested for roads linking the village kgotla and other institutions to the Francistown/Maun road. #BOPA
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:56:17 +0000
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