CIRCULATION
When it comes to connectivity the site is connected to a high functioning road which is known as
the A1 road located on the west of the site running from Ramatlabama to Ramokgwebana. There
is also a railway line running from Mahikeng in South Africa through Lobatse, Gaborone,
Mahalapye, Palapye and Francistown to Plumtree in Zimbabwe which acts as a boundary of the
site on the eastern side. Both of these are very active, the A1 being the main road connecting
Gaborone to other neighbouring villages in the southern part of Botswana such as Ramotswa.
The A1 also connects Gaborone to the Northern part of Botswana, to places such as Francistown.
The railway line connects Gaborone to Lobatse, through to South Africa as well as north to
Francistown. It is commonly used by the Botswana Railways train.
Due to the A1 being the only road offering vehicular movement into and out of the city it usually
experiences high traffic congestion especial during peak/rush hours which is in the morning then
people are coming in for work and around 4/5 when people clock out of work and go home.
The site has a gravel road that connects it to the A1 road which is used by trucks to collect water
from the river which branches going on to the southern part of the hill flowing towards the
Gaborone dam which is on the northern side of the hill as shown in figure 2 below. This gravel
road along with a couple of other gravel roads found within the site was also used by farmers to
get to their animal kraals and homesteads which we found around the site. These gravel roads are
approximately 3.5m in with which is enough to accommodate most vehicles. Water Utilities
Corporation and Botswana Power Corporation uses some roads on site to access their infra as
well. Apart from the gravel roads there are also walkways or footpaths(as shown in figure 1
below) within the site which are used by people around the site such to access their homesteads,
livestock kraals. There are also some tracks that are found on site that are used by livestock to
access the water in Metsimaswaane River. Most of these gravel roads and footpaths channel
towards the river due to animals going to the river for water hence farmers usually go fetch them
from there as well as water utilities trucks going there to collect information or survey the area.
IMPLICATIONS
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The site consists of a very steep slope which is very rock making it a bit difficult for both
vehicles and pedestrians to move to certain points within the site.
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The A1 highway provides reliable access to the site hence making it easier for the
vehicles and pedestrians to reach the entrance of the site. Though contradictorily due to
the A1 being very busy, road traffic congestion may make it difficult to reach the site.