The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is to spend about R100-million in Region B in the 2015/2016 financial year to improve and maintain the road infrastructure which will include the repairing of potholes.
The region includes Windsor, Albertville, Blairgowrie, Bryanston, Bosmont, Coronationville, Cresta, Emmarentia, Greenside, Fairland, Hurlingham, Florida Glen, Langlaagte, Northcliff, Richmond, and Sandhurst.
The R99-million budget includes around R69-million capital expenditure and R30-million investiture in infrastructure maintenance. According to JRA’s acting MD Mpho Kau, the work that will be done in Region B is mainly road infrastructure maintenance, rather than road construction.
“We proactively attend to potentially problematic road surfaces before they become difficult and expensive to fix,” said Kau.
He added, “On a daily basis, we carry out road infrastructure maintenance, including the maintenance of pavements and footways and of the storm water systems.”
Of this financial year’s capital expenditure, R37 million – the lion’s share – will go toward the road resurfacing programme in all the region’s suburbs. The agency has also set aside R10 million to repair storm water systems in three areas in the region – Berario (R2.6 million), Fairland (R3.4 million) and Kelland at the Willows Bird Sanctuary (R4 million).
A further R8 million will be spent on bridge infrastructure – R6 million to repair a collapsed gabion wall at Carlow Road in Melville and R2 million to repair a collapsed culvert at the Auckland Park Country Club. Kau informed that another R7 million has been earmarked for the repair of a sinkhole in Bryanston.
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.
Other expenditure includes:
• R7 million for the reconstruction of roads in all the region’s suburbs
• R4 million for the repair and rehabilitation of embankments and sidewalks along William Nicol Road in Bryanston
• R3 million for the rehabilitation and prevention of soil erosion at the Bryanston River Embankment
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