A significant road improvement project is underway along Eneas Peter Nanyemba Street in Windhoek.

This ambitious project, constructed for N$381 million, aims to transform the current road into a dual carriageway, stretching over a distance of 6.1 kilometres. 

The project, which is financed by Ongos Valley Development with support from the Road Fund Administration and the City of Windhoek, will span from the B1 Western Bypass off-ramp to the Matshitshi Street intersection in Havana.

The Public Relations Officer at Ongos Valley Development Company, Abed Erastus, says the road will improve the quality of life of residents while granting them access to goods and services.

"The purpose of the road is to improve the road infrastructure in the western suburbs of Windhoek. As you know, that side of Windhoek has the highest population. Most of the population lives in informal settlements, and with the expansion of Windhoek towards the northwestern suburbs, including developments such as Ongos Valley, it necessitated the need to improve the park infrastructure network in that part of town."

Erastus said they plan to construct an open market at the Matshitshi Four Way for traders operating on the road to provide them with a structure from which to conduct their businesses.

The City of Windhoek also facilitated the relocation of residents who lived alongside the road, moving them to new plots on farm 508, north of the Havana Informal Settlement.

"At the moment, they will be given plots as well as land tenure, so they will have some sort of rights and ownership to the land that they are being given. Along with the City of Windhoek, we are also in sort of negotiations to install basic services on the various plots of land as well."

Erastus says infrastructure development comes with many challenges and delays, though he is confident that the road will be complete by May next year.