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Road Fund, Road Implementing Agencies convene to review progress

Road Fund, Road Implementing Agencies convene to review progress

The Road Fund Chief Executive Officer Mrs. ‘Matšepang Sekhokoane has commended the Road Implementing Agencies for visible improvement on their part, as they implement their annual road maintenance plans.

She said this when officially opening the Technical Stakeholder Engagement Meeting with representatives of the Road Implementing Agencies namely Roads Directorate, Maseru City Council and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship, organised by the Road Fund recently.

She reminded the participants that the mandate of the Road Fund is to collect road user charges and disburse the same to implementing agencies, hence the need to meet regularly to review progress and forge the way forward.

She said  that it is more critical now than ever to work together to improve the road network, further requesting the Agencies to focus on doing quality roads that can last for the anticipated economic life.

Speaking at the meeting, the Maseru City Council (MCC) Acting Town Clerk Mr. Qoboko Makhakhe thanked the Road Fund for consistent funds allocation towards road maintenance, explaining MCC takes care of the City’s roads, which are normally inundated due to heavy traffic volumes, hence the need for frequency in routine maintenance of the roads.

The Roads Directorate Director Road Network Planning Mr. Khasapane Kikine also explained the mandate of the Directorate, saying they are entrusted to drive the country’s development and economic growth through construction and maintenance of quality of the roads.

He said the Roads Directorate is working tirelessly to ensure that the roads are well maintained, even though the country is constrained in as far as meeting the demands of road maintenance is concerned, explaining that it is estimated that Lesotho’s network requires M15 billion to transform from poor to very good roads condition.

During the Meeting, the Road Fund Head of Engineering Mr. Tšeliso Polaki led the participants through the Performance Agreements, submission of Annual Maintenance programmes and Reporting Formats for better understanding of same and to ensure compliance as well.

The Road Fund maintains relations with its stakeholders at various levels and the Technical meeting will lead to the High Level Stakeholder Engagement Meetings, where the Road Fund CEO will hold discussions with Heads of the Implementing Agencies.

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