24 Feb 2025

On average the City of Francistown Council uses P1 329 238 to maintain internal roads.
Speaking in a recent interview, City of Francistown Council’s acting head of department for Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Mr Isaac Legase said the state of Francistown roads had been gradually worsening over the years.
Currently, the most affected road in Francistown is the Domboshaba, which is mostly used by trucks, the Botswana Meat Commission road heading to Gerald and the majority of roads within Dumela Industrial.
Mr Legase said the dilapidated state of roads was worsened by the ongoing rain, causing the roads to wear out and develop potholes.
The other reason the roads were dilapidated, Mr Legase stated, was that they took too long to undergo full maintenance.
“We fully maintain roads after every five years, and the last time was in 2022,” he added.
Nevertheless, Mr Legase stated that between the five-year periodic full maintenance, the council took care of the roads by temporarily covering pot holes with gravel and cold pre-mix, especially during rainy seasons.
The last full maintenance, Mr Legase said involved overlaying eight kilometres with asphalt and two kilometres with chip seal within the Francistown Central Business District. ENDS