The turning-point between Sutherland Avenue and St Andrews Road in Hurlingham is reportedly being serviced by the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA). This is according to feedback supplied by the acting head of JRA regional operations Khayalethu Gqibithole on August 23.
“At the time of receipt of your enquiry dated August 2, JRA had no recording of a pending or new reinstatement order from Joburg Water,” Gqibithole said. “A site inspection was subsequently conducted, and the JRA has since made the excavated area safe for motorists with recycled tar material, pending permanent repair works, which are scheduled for the week ending August 30”
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JRA were also contacted towards learning whether the agency intends to add any traffic-calming measures to demarcate a need to slow down for motorists using the slipway joining Empire Road to Sandton Drive. Gqibithole explained what qualified roads for attention towards becoming furbished with traffic curbing measures. He said that road traffic signs, by legal definition, include all prescribed road signs, road markings, and traffic signals that are to be used solely for the purpose of traffic control. Furthermore, he highlighted how the meanings given to traffic control devices in the Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual (SADC-RTSM) are in accordance with those instituted by relevant road traffic legislation.
“The regulatory R1 STOP sign, as prescribed in the SADC-RTSM, is used at ‘intersections’ or ‘junctions’ defined in Regulation Act 284. There is no ‘intersection’ or ‘junction’ between Sutherland Avenue and St Andrews Road, and therefore the R1 STOP sign cannot be legally applied in this scenario,” he said in conclusion. “To date, the department has not received any request for traffic calming measures along Sutherland Avenue or St Andrews Road from the general public or the JMPD. Accident records, as obtained from the JMPD, does not classify this location as an accident ‘hotspot’. Any member of public can request the installation of traffic calming measures through the City of Johannesburg petition process.”
JMPD Superintendent Xolani Fihla was contacted on August 15 to ask if he had any knowledge of incidents along the slip-way, however he found none – confirming Gqibithole’s concluding assertion.
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