Kalangula slams speed humps on B1 as ‘reactive and short-sighted’

Allexer Namundjembo

Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) Member of Parliament Nelson Kalangula has criticised the installation of speed humps along the B1 Western Bypass, calling the move reactive and short-sighted after vehicle collisions were reported on the new structures this past weekend.

Responding to questions from the Windhoek Observer on Monday, Kalangula said the chaos on the roads in recent days is a clear indicator that the current administration’s approach to road safety is flawed.

He acknowledged that the high number of pedestrian fatalities between the Independence Avenue interchange near Katutura Hospital and Lafrenz, as well as on the A1 near Prosperita, is “completely unacceptable.”

However, he argued that the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Roads Authority (RA) are treating a national highway like a suburban residential street.