Region B covers the suburbs of Windsor, Blairgowrie, Bryanston, Emmarentia, Greenside, Hurlingham and Sandhurst, among others.
Mpho Kau, the entity’s acting managing director said R69 million would be set aside for capital expenditure, while R30 million would be invested in infrastructure maintenance.
“The work that we do in Region B is mainly road infrastructure maintenance, rather than road construction as such,” said Kau.
“We proactively attend to potentially problematic road surfaces before they become difficult and expensive to fix. On a daily basis, we carry out road infrastructure maintenance, including the maintenance of pavements and footways and of the storm water systems.”
Areas targeted in the budget include several repairs to the collapsed sections of the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit route in Auckland Park, repairs to the collapsed culverts on Surrey and Bond Roads in Ferndale, and along Barry Hertzog Road in Parktown. Road resurfacing and repairs to reinstate junction boxes along Lange Road in Florida Glen are also set to take place.
The 2015/2016 financial year’s capital expenditure:
- R37 million will go towards 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, Fairlands and Kelands at the Willows Bird Sanctuary
- R8 million will be spent on bridge infrastructure with R6 million to be used to repair a collapsed gabion wall on Carlow Road in Melville, and R2 million to repair a collapsed culvert at the Auckland Park Country Club. Another R7 million has been earmarked for the repair of a sinkhole in Bryanston
- 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 Drive in Bryanston
- R3 million for the rehabilitation and prevention of soil erosion of the Bryanston river embankment.
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