MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CUT-OFF DATE FOR CENSUS OF PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT ALONG GREATER GABORONE The Ministry of Transport and Communications wishes to inform members of the public that the cut-off date to consult Project Affected Parties (PAPs) for the Design, Build and Transfer of Selected Urban Road Intersections in Greater Gaborone is 10 October 2020 at 1630 hrs. The project is preparing a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) to facilitate compensation for the project as per the approved Project Resettlement Policy Framework. Known affected parties have been consulted individually. However, should there be any omitted Project Affected Parties (PAPs) they should immediately contact the Ministry through the following channels: Tel: 361 2000 Email: [email protected] Written letters to be addressed to: Permanent Secretary Private Bag 00414 Gaborone, Botswana Marked “Design, Build and Transfer of Selected Urban Road Intersections in Greater Gaborone” on the envelope.
Or Hand Deliver to: Registry Ministry of Transport and Communications Headquarters Westgate Mall, Plot Number 54690, Western By-Pass
The Ministry is currently undertaking a project for layout improvement of selected road intersections in Gaborone in order to facilitate smooth traffic flow as well as to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety. The Project entails road markings of 89 intersections, construction of additional lanes at various strategic spots within the Greater Gaborone area. This is a World Bank funded project in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Botswana. The project will be implemented in phases and is currently at the design phase. Details of each phase are presented below.
Phase 1 – Design and Construction of Road Intersections with major changes: Eighteen (18) calendar months from the start date of the Contract. Phase 2 – Design and Construction of Road Intersections with minor changes: Twenty-four (24) calendar months from the start date of the contract. It is noted that intersections of this portion may be delivered only after all intersections of separable portion 1 have been handed over to the Employer. A Defects Liability Period of twelve (12) calendar months. The Defects Liability Period will start for every intersection, after the handover Certificate, ensuring that the works have been completed in accordance with the contract specifications.
Description of Intersections with Major Modifications The intersections presented in the table below are the ones with major modifications like addition of pathways, cycle way and/or additional lanes.
No Node Intersection name Landmark/Popular Name Code
1 1 A1 Western Bypass/ Airport Airport Junction Road
2 14 Kudumatse Drive/ Moremosetlha Roman Catholic Drive Church Junction
3 15 Kudumatse Drive/ Selekangwetsi G-West Junction Drive
4 16 Kudumatse Drive/ Polokabatho Phase 4 Junction Road
5 18 New Lobatse Fours and Global Printers Road/Hamutshokomo Road
6 19 New Lobatse Road/ Old Old Fire Station Junction Molepolole Road into Bus Station 7 23 New Lobatse Road/ Trade World Trade World Junction
8 24 Nelson Mandela Drive/Seboni Bull & Bush Junction Road
9 25 Nelson Mandela Drive/ Khama UN House Junction Crescent (N)
10 26 Nelson Mandela Drive/Kubu Sefalana/Kgalagadi Road Breweries Junction
11 27 Nelson Mandela Taung Junction Drive/Lemmenyane Drive
12 36 A1 Western Bypass/ Molepolole Molapo Crossing DriveRoad
13 39 New Lobatse Road/Kudumatse Old Nokia Warehouse Road Traffic Junction
14 40 New Lobatse Road/Jamal Jamal Trading Company Junction
15 42 New Lobatse Road/Seboni Road SADC House Junction
16 43 Nelson Mandela Drive/Noko Total Filling Station Road Junction ( Broadhurst Industrial )
17 45 Old Lobatse Road/Machel Drive Water Affairs Junction
18 49 New Lobatse Road/Molepolole Old Fire Station Traffic Road Lights
19 50 Molepolole Drive/Lebatlane USAID Junction Road
20 57 Molepolole Drive/Seretologa Ghanzi Beef Junction Street
21 66 New Lobatse G-West /Total Filling Road/Mosekangwetsi Drive Station / Trade World Junction
22 70 Nelson Mandela Department of Labour / Drive/Molepolole Road Molepolole Road T- Junction 23 80 Molepolole turn off/Grand Palm Bonnington Junction (J2)
24 81 Molepolole Block 6/Grand Block 6 Junction Millennium Access (J3)
25 82 Molepolole Road GIPS Junction /GIPS/Gamathuba Road (J4)
26 83 Molepolole Road/Mogoditshane Mogoditshane Kgotla Kgotla/Post Office staggered Junction Junction (J5)
27 84 Molepolole Road/Green Mogoditshane Post Office Island/Wheel Mart-Ped Xing Junction turn-off (J6)
This notice, therefore, serves to announce the cut-off date being 10 October 2020 at 1630 hrs, for all project affected parties (PAPs) i.e. therefore, after this date, new developments / businesses in the defined project corridor will not be included in the list of PAPs and will not be eligible for compensation under this project.
Thank you.