Millions to be spent on fixing roads

JOBURG’S Region B roads are set to get a boost in this financial year.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is to spend almost R100 million to improve and maintain the road infrastructure, including repairing potholes.

The region includes suburbs such as Windsor, Albertville, Blairgowrie, Bryanston, Bosmont, Coronationville, Cresta, Emmarentia, Greenside, Fairland, Hurlingham, Florida Glen, Langlaagte, Northcliff, Richmond, and Sandhurst.

The R99m budget includes about R69m capital expenditure and a R30m investment in infrastructure maintenance.

“The work that we do in Region B is mainly road infrastructure maintenance, rather than construction,” said JRA’s acting managing director, Mpho Kau.

Of this financial year’s capital expenditure, R37m – the lion’s share – will go towards road resurfacing.

The agency has also set aside R10m to repair stormwater systems in Berario, R2.6m; Fairland, R3.4m; and Kelands at the Willows Bird Sanctuary, R4m.

A further R8m will be spent on bridge infrastructure, with R6m to be spent repairing a collapsed gabion wall at Carlow Road in Melville and R2m to repair a collapsed culvert at the Auckland Park Country Club.

Another R7m has been earmarked for the repair of a sinkhole in Bryanston.

The budget for other road projects is:

R7m for the reconstruction of roads across the region.

R4m for the repair and rehabilitation of embankments and pavements along William Nicol Drive in Bryanston.

R3m for the rehabilitation and prevention of soil erosion at the Bryanston River embankment.

The agency is also planning to repair the collapsed sections of the Rea Vaya BRT route in Auckland Park; collapsed culverts on Surrey Road, at the culvert along Bond and Surrey roads in Ferndale and along Barry Hertzog Road in Parktown; as well as road resurfacing and repairs to reinstate junction boxes along Lange Road in Florida Glen.