Visible progress is being made on the ongoing upgrade of the Omungulugwombashe gravel road, which is being upgraded by the government to low-volume tarred road standard.

The government has allocated N$35 million for the 22-kilometre road from Tsandi to the Omugulugwoombashe memorial shrine.

Road users have been complaining of dusty and bumpy gravel roads that become slippery during the rainy season.

They appealed to the government to upgrade the road leading to the memorial site, where heroes and heroines are buried, with the required official ceremonies.

The contractor, Kambwa Construction, is doing cut and fill sections, sub-grade layers, and sub-base layers for eight kilometres, which is 67 percent of the work.

The site agent, Katrina Nahenda, says they are currently busy constructing the first 12-kilometres of the road, which is part of phase one.

"For the base layer, we have started the haulage for the base and the gravel, which the deeper tracks are doing, and then we are also busy with the restoration of sleeves that are needed for the services that are going to cross the road, and we also finished with the by-pass for the whole 12-kilometres, which is now the access road that the vehicles are using while we are busy with the road."

Nahenda commended motorists for giving them ample time to do their work.

The project engineers are Tweya Consulting and the DAT Joint Venture.

The company has seven sub-contractors in total to carry out work such as fencing, culverts, sleeves, and tipping.

The project has a work force of 71 employees, of whom 45 are temporary workers from the surrounding community and 26 are permanent employees.

"The project is currently progressing well; there is a very good working environment between the consultants, the clients, and the contractor, which I believe is what every project needs, and the client has been very cooperative with us also."