HARMONISATION OF systems to streamline cross-border transport on the Trans Kalahari Highway linking Namibia and South Africa is close to resolution.
That's the word from Philip Fischer of Lobatse 2000 SDI, a member of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor Planning Committee established to address problems and concerns raised by transport operators on the route.
When the Committee, which comprises public and private sector stakeholders in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, convenes in Gaborone in April this year, Fischer is confident that a coherent operational plan will be revealed for the corridor.
The meeting will coincide with a two-day conference and expo to be held in Gaborone, to sell the benefits to the private sector.
At the moment we have a physically functional highway, Fischer told FTW in Johannesburg last week.
The question now is to get it operationally functional.
The conference will target all major shippers and their service providers, creating an awareness of the significant benefits which the Walvis Bay option can offer.
Fischer is upbeat about the future operational efficiency of the route which is vital to his own project - the Lobatse 2000 Spatial Development Area. This 342-hectare light industrial site has been designed to create an apparel cluster.
Anyone interested in the conference, which is scheduled for April 24-26, can contact Fischer on email: lobatse2000@iafrica.com
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