The Windhoek-Okahandja Road Project is expected to be completed by May next year.

The construction of the road, which started in 2016, will allow easy access to and from Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, and the Ovitoto roads.

Through this project, a bridge called Omakunde was also rehabilitated and upgraded this year.

The bridge will give access to the Osona Military Base and the Osona Village and mitigate congestion there.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Roads Authority (RA), Conrad Lutombi, says he is happy with the progress of the about N$2 billion project.

He says the project entails the Windhoek-Okahandja road, the Windhoek-Hosea Kutako road, as well as the Hifikepunye Pohamba motorway-dual-lane road behind Dune 7 between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.

Another site visited was the tallest and longest of the projects, the Swakop River Bridge, which took a year to be constructed.

The project, which is fully funded by the Namibian government, however, faces some challenges, such as the distance to transport the building materials, delays from the effects of COVID-19, the relocation of power lines, and negotiations with some residents who were staying in close proximity to the road.