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Bike ride on N2 to Moses Mabhida People’s Park encourages safer roads
ahead of the festive season

Caption: KwaZulu Natal Bike riders on the N2 Near Mount Edgecombe Interchange during the SANRAL bike road safety campaign. On the left is the KwaMashu to uMdloti Interchange road upgrade project.

Durban, 14 September 2024 – The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) hosted its first bikers’ road safety parade in Durban ahead of the festive season on Saturday [14 September].

The parade started at The Piazza in uMhlanga, continuing along the N2 past the uMdloti and KwaMashu Interchange upgrades.

Speaking at the event, SANRAL’s Eastern Region Project Manager, Trevor Zumani, said the upgrades were designed to improve safety for road users.

“The upgrades are going to improve capacity, which will be increased up to five lanes on both bounds. These will ease traffic congestion and contribute to the safety of all road users on the N2 and N3 corridor, connecting various provinces with KwaZulu-Natal,” Zumani explained.

SANRAL is committed to technological innovation in making South Africa’s roads truly efficient and effective.

Ishaan Ramklown, SANRAL’s Eastern Region Project Manager for the Freeway Management System (FMS), highlighted the importance of engaging the road users.
“Engagements like the one we had today are very important and must not be once-offs. Safety for all road users – including motor bikes – is of utmost importance. I am happy to speak to the bikers today and remind them of safety and that the road is a shared space,” said Ramklown.

Bikers were encouraged to buy tags for their motorcycles as these make it convenient to pass through tollgates.

Ayo “Feleba” Mnguni, speaking for the bikers present, thanked SANRAL for the initiative and said he hoped the partnership would benefit all parties involved. “Road safety is very important to us as bikers and we can see that SANRAL is not just talking road safety,” Mnguni said. “The upgrades taking place here on the N2 are a sign that safety is a priority for SANRAL.”

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