Sanral approves traffic lights for dangerous Tiffany’s intersection at Salt Rock
Traffic congestion at the entrance of the centre has been a nightmare for seven years.
The South African Road Agency (Sanral) has shifted the responsibility of installing the long-awaited robots outside Tiffany’s Shopping Centre from the municipality to the developers of the centre.
In a meeting in September with KwaDukuza municipality (KDM) on outstanding roadwork projects in the district, Sanral officials told KDM executive director for economic development and planning, Sikhumbuzo Hlongwane, that they approved the installation of robots on the N2 at the Salt Rock offramp on condition that the work was done at the Tiffany’s developer’s cost.
Traffic congestion at the entrance of the centre has been a nightmare for seven years.
The issue has been a soccer ball between the provincial department of transport, KDM and Sanral, with each passing the buck.
Now it has been established that Sanral is responsible for the road, as roads within a 100-metre radius of the N2 are their responsibility.
A council report notes: “Sanral indicated that it still supports the introduction of traffic signals at Salt Rock. They further indicated that when they made comments to the various town planning applications of developments that impacted on the N2, conditions were imposed.
“Therefore, the installation of traffic signals will be done at the cost of the developers.”
KDM media liaison Sipho Mkhize said the developers of Tiffany’s have been made aware of what they needed to do.
“Ballito Junction Regional Mall, Lifestyle Centre, and many other developers have taken on the responsibility of installing robots.
“When we enquired about the process of installing traffic signals, we were told that the developer had been given the go-ahead.”
However, Tiffany Centre manager Nicky Vorster told the Courier this week they were willing to install robots but that they had been waiting for approval for seven years.
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