The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) currently faces a R11.8 billion backlog required for the upgrading of the city’s 13 599km road network.
“The city is faced with a 10-year backlog to address the city’s aging road infrastructure. R11.8 billion for roads, R2 billion for sidewalks, R6.5 billion for bridges and R61.2 billion for dams, catchments and storm water systems,” said Transport MMC, Nonhlanhla Makhuba.
“The excessive damage to our road network has resulted in a rise in pothole reports and increased safety concerns,” said Makhuba, highlighting that the JRA continued to prioritise pothole repairs with R88 million allocated towards fast tracking repairs, and priority roads scheduled for upgrades.
“Since July 2017, a total of 520 km of roads have been resurfaced, 32.26km upgraded from gravel roads to surfaced roads, and a total of 0.3km of open storm water drains have been converted to underground systems,” he said.
JRA has repaired 44 350 potholes across the city since the beginning of the 2017/2018 financial year.
