INYATSI TO FIX 15 GRAVEL ROADS

MBABANE – Following constant complaints regarding inaccessible gravel roads, several communities will be happy to learn that life will now be better.

Inyatsi Construction has been awarded a tender to tar some of the country’s bad gravel roads in Hhohho and Shiselweni regions. Work has already begun where about 15 roads, some of which link one community to another, thus offering alternative travel for commuters, will get a facelift. These include the Mbuluzi-Florence Road known as D10, whose bridge was heavily flooded during the recent heavy rains which were as a result of the Cyclone Eloise. That stretch will not only be tarred, but there will now be a proper bridge to prevent further flooding.

Maintenance

The MR2, Ndzingeni to Ludlawini as well as the Pigg’s Peak to Bulandzeni stretch, are also part of the programme of maintenance which will delight motorists. The work has also started in the Shiselweni Region, with such roads as the D47 – Ourlady to KaGamedze – expected to be completed in the next few weeks. The project also includes the D28 Road – Sindzandlala to Hluti – and the MR25 – Sithobela to Salem – which are also earmarked to get a facelift by August this year. Seeing residents of Jubukweni walking along the road carrying heavy loads and groceries is not an unfamiliar sight in this community just outside of Mbabane. Their walks are not by choice though as they are forced by circumstances caused by bad roads.

Gullies

Fallen rock, gullies for shoulders, jutting rocks and slippery-when-wet inclines are all part of a nightmare that residents have got used to, albeit with hope for better days. Celimphilo Tsabedze, a public service vehicle driver, said he was at times pained after having to drop his passengers off more than six kilometres from their destination. He was found negotiating his way up a steep incline at Mabhawu. He said he was always forced to ask his passengers to disembark at the Mbuluzi River Bridge, which marks the beginning of Jubukweni or risk losing his Quantum, which would not be able to negotiate its way up slippery slopes during summer or negotiate the rugged rocky roads after the road dries.

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