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STOP REMOVING HIGHWAY FENCES – KING

01/08/2015 04:20:00 BY ZWELIHLE SUKATI

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His Majesty shares a light moment with His Excellency Hasan Bader Al-Oqab while the representative of the Kuwait Fund, Regional Manager, Central East and Southern African Countries Abdulrahman Alhashim looks on yesterday. (Pics: Mduduzi Mngomezulu)

MBADLANE – His Majesty King Mswati III says it is disheartening that some of the country’s road infrastructure is being destroyed by unknown people to the extent of removing the fence that has been put to protect motorists from stray animals.

This was during the official opening of the new Sikhuphe- Mbadlane Highway and sod turning of the Mbadlane–Mpa- ndze Highway.
His Majesty said such good projects deserved being applauded because they show that the kingdom was indeed destined to becoming a first world country. “It is unfortunate that as a result of the project many homesteads had to be relocated to new sites.

“However, we are pleased that during this process the communities and government addressed their concerns in a cordial manner,” the King said, further mentioning that government had a duty to make sure that nobody ended up in a worse situation than he or she was before the commencement of the work.

“We are all aware now that this road has become a highway and it is our custom that when drivers drive along the highway they tend to have an accelerated speed. It is for that reason that we urge princes and chiefs, who head the various communities alongside the roads, to help assist in the keeping of cattle away from the roads so that we have no accidents,” said His Majesty.

“I ask for your cooperation in that regard.”
He also said it was such an enormous pleasure for him to be at Mbadlane to officially bless the new Highway D42, which is another great milestone in the development of the country’s road network.

“There is no doubt that this new road will tremendously improve the movement of transport from the airport to our different locations and cities. You will agree with me that this is a very beautiful road,” he further pointed out.