The second phase of the Johannesburg Roads Agency’s (JRA’s) R210-million project to rehabilitate three bridges on the M1 freeway in Johannesburg is under way.
The construction would lead to “significant long-term improvements to the City of Johannesburg’s freeway network”, said JRA in a statement, adding that this phase was expected to cause inevitable short-term disruptions to traffic resulting in delays for road users.
Work will include rehabilitation and structural repairs, asphalt surfacing, expansion joints, drainage systems and new road signs.
“This section of the freeway is a key arterial route through the heart of Johannesburg, daily carrying approximately 80 000 private cars, commercial traffic and public transport such as buses and taxis – all vital to the growth of southern Africa’s most important economic hub,” said Christine Walters, member of the mayoral committee for Transport.
