THE design of new bus stations for the Tshwane Rapid Transit System balances the historic significance of buildings in the capital with the city’s needs for a modern transport system. SANRAL has managed the design and construction of the bus stations.

EXCEPTIONALLY high rainfall may cause flooding on urban freeways, but SANRAL is prepared for this summer’s rainy season.
Following extreme flash floods in November 2016, SANRAL engineers conducted a thorough inspection of the primary road infrastructure and ensured it was safe. After every major rainfall, culverts and drainage systems are checked and cleared of debris.
SANRAL is currently looking at how these systems can be improved. This will be done in collaboration with provincial and local governments in Gauteng to find solutions for the runoff that occurs when flash-floods hit the province.

SANRAL has eight maintenance contracts for all the Gauteng freeways it manages – three for managing the lights on the freeways and five for routine road maintenance (RRM) activities, which include pavement, drainage, vegetation and road-side maintenance, traffic signs and road furniture, protection work, emergency assistance and structural repairs.
Through RRM, SANRAL promotes empowerment opportunities for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). Not only does RMM provide viable and sustainable opportunities for SMMEs, main contractors and consulting engineers also benefit. In SANRAL’s drive to ensure equitable access to its procurement opportunities, the RRM model has proven to be successful in the mentorship and training of SMMEs.