Numerous road upgrades are taking place in and around the town of Rundu - Kavango East Region. The construction of these roads require suitable material for the layer works as well as the surface. Suitable materials are very difficult to obtain in this area of Namibia and the sources are limited. During the site visit the Roads Authority together with the contractor and engineers identified one source suitable. This borrow pit is located approximately 10km south of Rundu and is known as the Ncuma road borrow pit. Previous extraction of suitable material for the construction of roads commenced and this application provides for the expansion of this BP. The natural area around this pit has been impacted negatively in the past. One main objective of this application is that the BP will be fully rehabilitated once the material extraction for the road construction is completed.
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