Goodbye to flashing traffic lights?

The Johannesburg Roads
Agency (JRA) has invested
R68 million to avoid traffic
light malfunction in wet
weather.
“Over the past three
years, R28 million has
been spent replacing aging
controller equipment and
R40 million replacing
old lead encased cables,
making the city’s traffic
signals less prone to
faults in wet weather.
Deployment of earthing
mats is also under way to
protect traffic signals in
areas most susceptible to
lightning,” said Mpho Kau,
acting managing director
of the JRA.
He added that remote
monitoring systems
were being installed at
intersections to detect
faults and alert the JRA’s
Traffic Operations Centre
to the need for repairs.
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JRA workers repair a traffic light in Randburg, Johannesburg.