| Decision on e-tolls ‘imminent’; scrap metal exports must be banned – Mbalula : |
| Publication Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022 |
| Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has yet again promised that a decision on the future of e-tolls in Gauteng is imminent. Delivering his department’s budget vote on Wednesday, he noted that the matter was on Cabinet’s radar, and that a pronouncement would be made once the final decision had been taken. |
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| Sanral cancels R17.5bn in tenders, citing ‘material irregularities’ : |
| Publication Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022 |
| The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has cancelled tenders to the value of R17.47-billion, citing “material irregularities”. The tenders which the Sanral board did not approve are the Mtentu Bridge Wild Coast project, on the N2, valued at R3.4-billion; the rehabilitation of the R56 Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape, at R1-billion; the N3 Ashburton interchange, in KwaZulu-Natal, at R1.8-billion; and improvements to the EB Cloete interchange (N2 and N3 connection point in KwaZulu-Natal), at R4.3-billion. |
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| Pick n Pay, Takealot partner to sell groceries, liquor on Mr D app : |
| Publication Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 |
| Retail chain Pick n Pay and online store Takealot have signed a commercial services agreement which will enable customers across South Africa to buy Pick n Pay food, groceries and liquor on a new platform on the food delivery services application (app) Mr D. In a statement issued on May 17, the companies said the new service would bring together their respective strengths. |
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| Sinkhole on N3 disrupts traffic between Peacevale, Hammarsdale : |
| Publication Date: Thursday, 12 May 2022 |
| The South African National Roads Agency Limited on May 11 advised that only one lane was open on the N3 southbound after the Key Ridge interchange after a sinkhole formed, causing major traffic congestion from Peacevale to the Hammarsdale interchange, in KwaZulu-Natal. “Two lanes, including the shoulder lane, have been cordoned off with barriers and only one traffic lane is open,” said Sanral eastern region operations and maintenance manager Dudley Mbambo. |
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| JRA commits over R12m to resurface the M2 motorway by end-June : |
| Publication Date: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 |
| The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has committed over R12-million towards the resurfacing of the M2 motorway. The three-pronged project, which entails the resurfacing of the M2 motorway Eastbound, |
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| Repairs to flood-hit N2 in KZN to take between six to eight months : |
| Publication Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 |
| The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) reports that work to fix Section 24 of the National Route 2 (N2) Northbound carriageway between Umzinto and Umgababa, in KwaZulu-Natal, which was closed as a result of severe flooding in April, is set to take between six to eight months.
Sanral eastern region design, planning and construction manager Ravi Ronny says the far-left lane of the N2 collapsed and settled by over 1 m, moving down the embankment.
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| Sanral begins immediate repairs on N12 in the North West : |
| Publication Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 |
| The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says it has deployed construction teams to start with immediate work on the N12 in Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp and Wolmaransstad in the North West province. In March, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula instructed the roads agency to act rapidly to address the challenge of potholes and the parts of the N12 that are in an undesirable state. |
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| KZN transport dept allocated R12.4bn for 2022/23 : |
| Publication Date: Friday, 06 May 2022 |
| The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport has been allocated R12.4-billion for 2022/23, with a large proportion of the funds to be spent on restoring infrastructure damaged in the recent floods. MEC Peggy Nkonyeni tabled the department’s 2022/23 budget at the Legislature August House on May 5 alongside Premier Sihle Zikalala and the MEC for Treasury Nomusa Dube-Nqube. The department has identified more than 1 369 projects, at an estimated value of R5.6-billion, to restore roads, bridges and ... |
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| Pylon legs at N2 Msikaba Bridge project hydraulically jacked apart : |
| Publication Date: Friday, 06 May 2022 |
| The Msikaba Bridge project notched up an engineering milestone this month, when the south pylon legs were hydraulically jacked apart. The 580-m-long, stay cable bridge – which will span the 198-m-deep Msikaba Gorge – is located near Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape, and forms part of the South African National Roads Agency’s N2 Wild Coast project. |
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| Zikalala says infrastructure repairs progressing : |
| Publication Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2022 |
| The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has started with the construction of a temporary detour route near the N2 in uMkhomazi and Umgababa in the north of Durban. This will allow flow of traffic from the south to the north of Durban, which has been blocked since the floods in April. |
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