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The Ministry of Works and Transport is a government ministry of Namibia. It was established in 1990 [1] as Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communication and got its current name in 2008 when the communication portfolio was moved to the information ministry. [2] The head office is located in the MWT Head Office Building in Windhoek. [3]
Namibia's road network is regarded as one of the best on the continent; road construction and maintenance adheres to international standards. [3] The country's 48,875.27 km roads (2017) are administered by the Roads Authority, a state-owned enterprise established by Act 17 of 1999. Due to low traffic volumes the majority of roads are not tarred.
Namibia Students' Financial Assistance Fund -2,013 Mio Student loans Namibia Tourism Board-90 Mio Development of the tourism sector Regulatory Namibia Training Authority-899 Mio Vocational education Namibia Water Corporation: Water supply and sanitation Commercial Namibia Wildlife Resorts-52 Mio Operation of the major tourist resorts in Namibia
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) is a department of the Government of Namibia.The ministry is responsible for regional governance (Regional Councils) and local governance (Local Authorities) and therewith plays an important role in the decentralisation process of the Namibian government.
Ten years later the next one, Gobabis road, now Sam Nujoma Drive, was also paved. Today, out of approximately 40,000 km (25,000 mi) of Namibia's total road network, about 5,000 km (3,100 mi) is sealed. In 2014, The Roads Authority planned to upgrade the Windhoek-Okahandja road to a dual carriageway. It would cost about N$1 billion and was ...
The A1 is a national highway in Namibia.The 76 kilometres (47 mi) stretch of road between Windhoek and Okahandja is the only A-rated road in Namibia. Consisting of freeway for its entire length, it came into existence in 2017 when freeway sections of the B1 were redesignated A1 in accordance with new standards of the Roads Authority Namibia. [1]
The general speed limits in Namibia are (according to Road Authority of Namibia): 60 km/h on a public road within an urban area (may be lifted to 80 km/h on some major urban roads) 120 km/h on every tarmac freeway. 100 km/h on non-tarmac freeway ("gravel" road)
Road signs in Namibia are based on the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, [1] [2] [3] a document designed to harmonise traffic signs in member states of the Southern Africa Development Community. Namibia drives on the left .