Freeway to Hosea Kutako International Airport named after Geingob

President Nangolo Mbumba has named the Hosea Kutako International Airport freeway after the late president Hage Geingob in honour of his birthday commemorated on Saturday.

Mbumba, speaking at a ceremony in Windhoek honouring Geingob, said this was done as an honour befitting Geingob’s stature and his invaluable contribution to the advancement of Namibia and her people.

“It is therefore apt that this road which leads to the airport, named after another valiant son of Namibia, chief Hosea Kutako, whom president Geingob met and received a blessing from on his way into exile, will now be named after this great patriot, our dearly departed president,” Mbumba said.

Mbumba said since independence, the government has placed a high premium on the expansion, improvement and continued development of Namibia’s infrastructure with the understanding that world class road networks, railways, airports and ports are enablers of economic growth, job creation and regional integration.

At present, the length of the national road network of Namibia is approximately 49 202,9 kilometres, comprising of 8 036,9 kilometres of bitumen surfaced roads, 26 054,7 kilometres of gravel roads and others.

The transport sector is responsible for nearly 72% of all cargo transport, with the country’s road network connecting it to regional neighbours through four major corridors.

Theses are the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor (2 690 km), the Trans-Oranje Development Corridor (1 550 km), the Trans-Kalahari Development Corridor (1 366 km) and the Trans-Kunene Development Corridor (1 551 km).

“I am informed that the Hosea Kutako International Airport road forms part of the Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project and entails the construction of a new freeway between Windhoek and our international airport, upgrading the existing road to dual carriageway standards,” Mbumba said