Roads Authority delivers 115 kilometres despite funding shortfall

The Roads Authority reported delivery of 115 km of bitumen and gravel roads in the 2024/25 financial year including advancing the central freeway projects, in spite of massive budget shortfalls. For the reporting period, the parastatal required a total of N$8.4 billion but received only N$4.7 billion. The authority submitted a targeted request of N$5.9 billion for its Integrated Strategic Business Plan for 2022 to 2027 from the Road Fund Administration but only received N$2.2 billion which created a further shortfall, leaving the authority with only 37% of the money needed to maintain existing roads. And it does not appear as though things will get any better. The temporary 50% fuel levy cut introduced between April and August this year, directly stripped roughly N$300 million to N$350 million from the Road Fund Administration, the primary financier of the Roads Authority, forcing the fund to drain its financial reserves to keep existing maintenance and emergency repair projects afloat.

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