{"id":340095,"date":"2023-05-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=340095"},"modified":"2023-05-22T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:11:34","slug":"omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-amunkete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=340095","title":{"rendered":"Omugulugombashe road upgrade was long overdue &#8211; Amunkete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>THE long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Tsandi-Omugulugombashe road took place today, with Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa officiating at the event. The gravel road will be upgraded to low-volume seal bitumen standards.<\/p>\n<p>Tsandi Constituency Councillor, Junius Amunkete, said that the upgrade of the DR 3633 road was long overdue. He expressed that community members and visitors to the area have been patiently waiting for this development for the past 33 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-340101\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HAPPY: Tsandi Constituency Councillor Junius Amunkete during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tsandi-Omuguluwoombashe road construction. &#8211; Photo: Maria David<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amunkete mentioned that several consultative meetings were held, and the community urged for the road to be upgraded as soon as possible, as the gravel road was causing damage to their vehicles and reducing their lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are happy that even patients will now feel much more comfortable when being transported from the Omugulugombashe clinic to the Tsandi district hospital. The days of a dusty and bumpy road will soon be over,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that the Tsandi-Onesi gravel road would be the next one to be improved. Community members are excited about the construction of the tarred road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David THE long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Tsandi-Omugulugombashe road took place today, with Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa officiating at the event. The gravel road will be upgraded to low-volume seal bitumen standards. Tsandi Constituency Councillor, Junius Amunkete, said that the upgrade of the DR 3633 road was long overdue. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":340100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Omugulugombashe road upgrade was long overdue - Amunkete - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Tsandi-Omugulugombashe road took place today, with Works and...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=340095\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omugulugombashe road upgrade was long overdue - Amunkete - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Tsandi-Omugulugombashe road took place today, with Works and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=340095\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-23T03:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Omugulugombashe-road-upgrade-was-long-overdue-Amunkete-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg?fit=1833%2C1211&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1833\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1211\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=340095#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=340095\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Omugulugombashe road upgrade was long overdue &#8211; 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