SANRAL Construction and Maintenance Manager Danie Erasmus said several road maintenance and upgrading projects had been lined up for the Northern Cape, and that a vast difference had been seen in the conditions of roads in the province since the introduction of the Vala Zonke pothole-fixing programme. Erasmus said 950km of the roads in the province had been earmarked for improvement, including periodic maintenance. “We will start rolling them out for design in April next year and construction is set to start in 2025,” he said.