Bitumen shortage hampers JRA road works

THE Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) regrets to announce that some of its road works programmes will be delayed.

Road resurfacing and patching of potholes will be temporarily halted due to a countrywide shortage of bitumen.

Bitumen is an oil-based, semi liquid substance which is used in the production of the asphalt mix for road surface construction.

The acting managing director, Mpho Kau, said that all refineries are currently undergoing shut down maintenance. “Total and Engen are the only refineries that have confirmed operations will resume early in August. The JRA Asphalt Plant has therefore stopped production and operations are expected to resume from Monday, August 10. We apologise for the inconvenience caused by the matter,” said Kau.