Gauteng Roads and Transport to invest billions in roads and public transport infrastructure

Jul 03, 2017: Gauteng Roads and Transport plans to improve road infrastructure through construction of new roads and improving maintenance of existing roads. This will include the construction of the first new freeway in 40 years, the PWV15, to reduce congestion and support the Aerotropolis development in Ekurhuleni.

Gauteng roads and transport MEC Ismail Vadi announced that the department had been allocated R6.8 billion and the bulk of the allocation would go towards transport infrastructure (R1.9 billion); transport operations (R2.3 billion); transport regulation (R314 million); Gautrain (R1.8 billion) and administration (R321 million).

The department plans to improve road infrastructure through the construction of new roads and improving maintenance of existing roads. This will include the construction of the first new freeway in 40 years, the PWV15, to reduce congestion and support the aerotropolis development in Ekurhuleni.

“We will improve systems to ensure the speedy repair of potholes and the resurfacing of the road network. We will mobilise resources for road infrastructure in ways that will avoid the controversy linked to the e-tolls. There will be no e-tolls on our newly constructed freeways,” MEC Vadi said in a statement.

The department recently completed 12 major road rehabilitation projects such as the N12, the R82 from Eikenhof to Walkerville and the N14. Work on the remaining section of the N14 is currently under way.

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