SANRAL announces new R226 million road resurfacing project between Grahamstown to Fort Beaufort

Dec 21, 2016: The South African National Roads Agency SOC (SANRAL) has announced a R226 million road resurfacing project between Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort.

Resurfacing of R67 from Grahamstown to Fort Beaufort will commence in January 2017 and is set to be complete by October 2018.

“This road provides a regional link between various smaller towns in the middle part of the Eastern Cape,” said Mbulelo Peterson, SANRAL Southern Region’s manager.

The length of road to be resurfaced is approximately 70.7 kilometre extending northwards from the intersection to the N2 near Grahamstown (km 0 road marker) to the intersection with the R63 at Fort Beaufort (kilometre 70.7 road marker).

“SANRAL has appointed a contractor to undertake what can best be described as a ‘repair, patch and resurfacing’ contract. The road is being repaired where required, resurfaced, and new road markings and road studs will be installed. The contract commenced in November 2016 and will be complete by September 2018.”

“The works are located within the boundaries of two district municipalities, which are the District Municipalities of Dr Beyers Naude (previously known as Sarah Baartman) and Amathole, and in the Local Municipalities of Makana and Raymond Mhlaba (previously known and Nkonkobe),” said Peterson.

“The roadworks comprise pro-active preventative maintenance and will include but is not limited to: accommodation of traffic, excavation, shaping and trimming of drainage, pavement repairing, pre-treatment/texture slurry, double seal resurfacing, ancillary works and surfacing of existing shoulders.”

“Motorists are requested to observe and obey warning signs and reduced speed limits. Exercise extreme caution when travelling through the construction work zones,” he concluded.