Rivonia residents happy with 12th Avenue improvements
RIVONIA – Residents who live near 12th Avenue in Rivonia are happy to see that traffic calming measures have been installed.
The road markings team of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has been hard at work in Rivonia, much to the delight of residents who requested traffic calming measures.
In Speed woes continue, Week ending 1 March, residents who live on 12th Avenue in Rivonia shared their concerns about a section of the road that had seen many accidents since the beginning of the year.
Cheetah Crescent resident and Rivonia Residents Association member, Stuart Pithey, said motorists travelling around the bend on 12th Avenue misjudge the curb, mount the pavement and crash into a resident’s wall.
The road was widened at the intersection of Rietfontein Road which Pithey said had improved the traffic congestion but had not helped to prevent potential accidents. One of the suggestions Pithey made included new traffic lights or a four-way stop to help reduce the speed of motorists.
The road’s agency had requested that residents apply for traffic calming measures and just over one month later the utility installed a four-way stop and added further road markings further down 12th Avenue at the intersection of Gemsbok Lane.
The spokesperson for JRA, Mosa Makhalima, said the road markings team were currently busy with Level 1 which included doing all the road markings, ensuring that signs were visible to motorists.
Jurie Swart, the road markings manager, said mayor Herman Mashaba allocated a budget for road markings last year and if they spent it before December they would be allocated additional funds. “Twelfth Avenue has been earmarked, Bowling [Avenue] is earmarked and Rivonia Road has been done so there’s a lot more to do.”
Swart highlighted that one of the biggest challenges they faced was impatience from motorists who drove over the road markings while they were still wet, therefore messing up the fresh paint.
Swart and Makhalima added that it was wonderful to receive positive feedback from residents and to be appreciated for their work.
The following steps will be taken following a traffic calming request:
- The petition is registered at the speaker’s office and given a reference number
- A letter of acknowledgement is sent to the petitioner
- The relevant ward councillor is informed of the petition in their ward.
The petition is referred to the affected department or a Municipal Owned Entity (MOE) for consideration and response.
The department or MOE considers the petition and submits either a progress report or a report and closure form to the Petitions Standing Committee.
Details: Johannesburg Roads Agency 011 298 5000.
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