Staffer BABOLOKI MEEKWANE examines Botswana’s road-funding system and finds that the central challenge may not be a shortage of revenue, but weaknesses in the management and transparency of the Road Levy Fund, as well as the limited portion of the road network it covers. As government considers introducing toll gates, publicly available data on traffic volumes and collection costs remains a critical factor in determining viability.
Botswana may already be collecting enough money from road users to maintain its roads, yet the government is contemplating toll gates to supplement road funding. Critics argue the problem may not be a lack of revenue, but weaknesses in the management of existing road levies.
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