Intensified efforts to conduct traffic light maintenance, repairs
Since 2017, the roads agency designed, installed, repaired and maintained traffic signals on behalf of the provincial department.
Defective traffic lights along provincial roads such as Modderfontein Road will receive intensified attention.
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In April, the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GPDRT) and Joburg Roads Agency (JRA) ended a working relationship entered into in September 2017.
Since 2017, the roads agency designed, installed, repaired and maintained traffic signals on behalf of the provincial department.
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The end of this relationship saw the GPDRT take back ownership of and attend to defective traffic signals along provincial roads.
The department has encouraged motorists to report defective traffic signals by sending an email to TrafficSignals@gauteng.gov.za
The turnaround time for the repairs is 14 days.
Motorists are urged to treat affected intersections as four-way stops.
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