As part of the City of Johannesburg’s drive this transport month, the departments of transport and development planning conducted an oversight tour of the new Rea Vaya Phase 1C route on 6 October.
As part of the transport month program, MMC for transport Cllr@NHMakhuba together with MMC for @CoJDevPlanning Cllr @KhozalLawrenceand and @CityofJoburgZA Executive Mayor Cllr @GeoffMakhubo today they went for a tour of Watt street interchange which form part of @ReaVayaBus BRT pic.twitter.com/K1j7ozUWbx
— City of Joburg Transport (@CoJTransport) October 6, 2020
The route will connect commuters from the Metro Centre in Braamfontein to Sandton and Alexandra through the Watt Interchange in Wynberg.
City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Geoff Makhubo was joined by MMC of Transport Nonhlanhla Helen Makhuba and MMC for Development Planning Lawrence Khoza.
According to Makhubo, the Rea Vaya Phase 1C route along the Louis Botha Corridor of Freedom is a new route that will join Phase 1A (from Soweto the Joburg CBD through Auckland Park) and Phase 1B (through Cresta, Windsor West, Parktown and Yeoville).
The route is currently under construction and is scheduled to be completed next year.
The Watt Interchange is the idea of creating a rail-like performance using road-baws technologies that are affordable to most cities. Some of the principal characteristics of the BRT are as follows on the thread. #WeServeJoburg ^LM pic.twitter.com/hot5NGmqLB
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) October 6, 2020
“The introduction of Phase 1C will bring safe, affordable and reliable transport to the residents of Berea, Yeoville, Orange Grove, Cheldondale, Norwood, Balfour Park, Bramley, Wynberg, Alexandra, Marlboro, Atholl, Sandton, Sandown, Longmeadow and Greenstone,” said Makhubo.
See Houghton @ReaVayaBus station which is almost complete. #WeServeJoburg ^LM. pic.twitter.com/exJ0qw9hkO
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) October 6, 2020
Related articles:
https://www.citizen.co.za/sandton-chronicle/160422/rea-vaya-work-to-be-done-in-sandton-cbd
https://www.citizen.co.za/sandton-chronicle/282136/city-launches-public-participation-process-to-rename-william-nicol-drive/
