Over 16 000 road users demand pedestrian bridges over speed humps

Allexer Namundjembo

A petition calling for pedestrian bridges instead of speed humps on the B1 highway has collected more than 16 560 signatures, organisers say.

Social justice activist Michael Amushelelo, who is spearheading the petition, said the total includes electronic signatures and over 1 000 handwritten signatures.

The campaign is demanding the removal of what it calls “poorly planned, bolted plastic-and-metal speed humps” which it alleges are causing catastrophic highway collisions.

Amushelelo has announced plans to sue the minister of works and transport, Veikko Nekundi, through Kadhila Amoomo Legal Practitioners.