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N-Route Top Stories 6 years ago 6627 0More opportunities for smaller contractors SANRAL is continuing to give small enterprises better access to the road construction machinery they need to execute major SANRAL projects. The roads agency has recently signed an agreement in this regard with the Wirtgen Group. The aim of the agreement is to give full access to the Wirtgen Group’s full suite of leading equipment ... -
N-Route Top Stories 6 years ago 1115 0New credit ratings agency Global Credit Ratings Co. has been appointed SANRAL’s new credit ratings agency, effective from 1st October 2018. The roads agency terminated the services of Moody’s Investor Services when their contract expired on 30 June 2018. Moody’s had earlier pointed out that there were liquidity pressures on SANRAL, this because of the government’s deliberations on the ... -
N-Route Top Stories 6 years ago 1253 0Survey gives other view on e-tolls The growth in the number of Gauteng residents who are willing to pay for e-tolls shows that this remains a viable option to fund road infrastructure in South Africa’s economic heartland. Vusi Mona, SANRAL’s communications manager, says the findings of the Quality of Life Survey 2017/18 released by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory show that more ... -
N-Route Top Stories 6 years ago 2613 0Blaming SANRAL will not lead to busy shovels By Skhumbuzo Macozoma It has become fashionable to blame everything – and anything – that ails the local construction industry on SANRAL. Thus, construction companies ascribe their weak annual results and failure to report profits primarily on SANRAL’s supposed failure to issue tenders for road construction projects. And, when they, sadly, have to retrench workers ... -
N-Route Top Stories 8 years ago 2892 0Two catalysts for growth Three provinces, two highways, one aim. The N2 along the Wild Coast and the R573 Moloto Road north of Pretoria are both catalysts for sustainable local, regional and national economic development. Both highways will confirm that transport is one of the most important enablers of growth and prosperity in South Africa. Both will bring meaningful ... -
N-Route Top Stories 8 years ago 2425 0Toll roads need to balance saturation levels The amount a road user is willing to pay for a toll is directly linked to their available budget and the value of what they are paying for. Should the balance tip against the perceived value of travel time saved, a toll saturation level is reached, an Australian academic, Prof David Hensher, recently told the ... -
N-Route Top Stories 8 years ago 3554 0Road Freight Strategy approved by Cabinet South Africa’s new Road Freight Strategy will create a better environment for the transport and freight industries and contribute to the upward trajectory of the country’s economy. The strategy was approved by Cabinet in May and unveiled by Minister of Transport Joe Maswanganyi. Once implemented it will enable South Africa to achieve the best international ...
Publications
N3 to be upgraded
Public hearings in connection with the proposed capacity improvement on the N3 between Hammarsdale and Pietermaritzburg are ongoing. The expansion has become necessary because that section of the N3 is near full capacity. The plan is that extra lanes will be added and interchanges reconfigured.
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Moloto Road improved
The first phase of the upgrading of the R573 Moloto Road – a 137km stretch from Gauteng through Mpumalanga to Limpopo – is almost complete. This included the construction of four roundabouts as well as a butterfly intersection. The total budget for the project is R3.7bn over five to six years.
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Huguenot Tunnel plans
The extent of closures of the Huguenot Tunnel, scheduled for June 2019 to November 2019, will be clearer once the designs for the maintenance of existing facilities are more advanced. Planning is afoot to take an extra electricity feed from the Drakenstein municipality in addition to the two present Eskom feeds.
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