Limpopo road potholes soon to be ‘a thing of the past’

A total of 1 628 kilometres of roads in the Limpopo Province will be upgraded and the potholes filled this year, said  Nazir Ali, CEO of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) at  the first South African Shippers Council speed networking event in Midrand yesterday (Thursday).

This follows the announcement earlier this year that Sanral would take over the management of some of the province’s roads. “The intervention in Limpopo is particularly vital because of its booming mining industry and its strategic agricultural sector which both need an excellent road infrastructure," said Ali.

He noted that Sanral had recently completed the repair of potholes on the national road network and would now turn its attention to South Africa’s provincial roads.