The rehabilitation of the Aus-Lüderitz railway line and the upgrading of the Lüderitz railway station finally got back on track in June this year, after a 14-year delay caused mainly by financial constraints.
The rehabilitation work covers about 70 kilometres, and part of that distance was completed already in the past two months. Lüderitz Constituency Councillor, Jan Scholtz, confirmed to Nampa on Tuesday that the work is underway and that 45 local people have been employed to work on the project. JER Construction Company from Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region is responsible for the rehabilitation work, which is scheduled for completion by February next year.
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