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Judge has high praise for SANRAL

The N2 Wild Coast Road (N2WCR) project is going ahead. The North Gauteng High Court denied an appeal against a decision that had confirmed SANRAL’s commitment to proceed with the construction. Judge Cynthia Pretorius found in ..

Roads: what can the country afford?

What can the country afford and what does it need? This was one of the main topics at the Transport Forum’s series of discussions held between December 2018 and April this year. Difficult choices on funding ..

Removing entry barriers

SANRAL has taken one more step to transform the construction industry. In April it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pilot Crushtec to give small and medium enterprises access to expertise and machinery required to ..

Bridges connected

Progress on the N2 Wild Coast project is steady – near the Msikaba bridge a 1.63km single carriageway and four-lane undivided road with two interchanges is being constructed, as is a single carriageway between it and ..

Upgrade planned

Planning of the upgrades on the N3 between Durban and Maritzburg is on-going: the EB Cloete Interchange will be upgraded, additional lanes will be added between Cato Ridge and Dardanelles as well as from there to ..

Talking to stakeholders

There will be no construction work on the Mpumalanga section of the R573, or Moloto Road, this year. SANRAL is concentrating on stakeholder consultation and information sessions with local communities and SMMEs.

Tunnel to stay open

There will not be full-scale closure of the Huguenot Tunnel. Repairs will be mostly done at night. This may mean permitting light motor vehicles through the tunnel and diverting heavy vehicles to alternative routes. Refurbishment of ..

Infrastructure is economy’s engine

A new strategic path for state-owned entities that will improve their ability to create jobs, enable inclusive growth and become financially sustainable, was one of the primary announcements made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2019 ..

Big road projects in budget

A pronounced shift towards future investment in infrastructure – including the construction and rehabilitation of sections of the national road network – was one of the prominent features of the 2018/19 Budget. Delivering his first budget ..

SANRAL‘s response to president’s call

Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande, recently provided details of the projects that will be rolled out as part of the economic stimulus package that was announced by the President in 2018. The additional R3.5bn over ..