Intersection at Beyers Naudé Drive gets marked
FAIRLAND – 'You never know which lane to drive in exactly' – motorist.
After reporting non-existing road markings on Beyers Naudé Drive since July, Lynn Macleod can finally drive to work without fearing that her car will get damaged by others.
It has taken three months for the road to be remarked after initially reporting the issue.
“I drive to Pretoria every day on the highway so I take Beyers Naudé Drive every day and the World Wear intersection is the worst one on the road,” Macleod told Northcliff Melville Times in an interview before the road was painted.
She said a road without road markings especially before a highway off-ramp left motorists not knowing where to go especially when turning onto the road.
“You never know which lane to drive in exactly. All I do is stick to the left side because I don’t know where the lane started and ended. I would follow the edge of the road.”
While the Wilson Street and Beyers Naudé Drive intersection has been made safe again, various other sections of Beyers are still in need of a lick of paint.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency operations manager for marketing and communications, Bertha Peters-Scheepers, said Beyers Naudé Drive is a provincial road outside their jurisdiction.
Northcliff Melville Times has since contacted the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport about the matter and is still awaiting a response.
Edited by Stacey Woensdregt
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