Upgraded Main Road 118 brings relief to residents of Oranjemund, Namibia

摘要

The lack of a road transportation link between the !Kharas region town of Oranjemund in the far south of Namibia and the rest of the country has been a controversial issue since the 1990s. Residents of Oranjemund have had to drive across the Orange (Gariep) River via the border post on the B1 at Noordoewer (past Port Nolloth and Steinkopf in South Africa) in order to access routes onwards to the major centres of Namibia. This increased the travel time to and from Oranjemund to anywhere else in the country by a significant amount.