Plans under way to relieve Rosherville Road congestion

After 18 months of discussions between all the major depot owners along Johannesburg’s Rosherville Road (close to City Deep inland harbour) and the authorities, the road has finally been converted into a one-way route – intended to relieve the severe congestion that was prevalent when it was still two-way. These negotiations have involved the likes of Bridge Shipping, MSC Logistics, Thrutainers and APM Terminals amongst the depot owners, and Transnet, City of Johannesburg Roads Agency and Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JPMD) amongst the authorities. After a study over the last few weeks by James Gorrell, regional manager for MSC Logistics at City Deep, he told FTW: “Now that it’s one-way east to west, the traffic flow has been quite good. This should reduce the serious congestion that has been affecting all the customers of the depots along the road and causing a costly slowdown in truck turnaround times.” And there are more plans in the pipeline. Taryn Janse van Rensburg, legal officer at Bridge Shipping, told FTW: “A staging facility will be built at the eastern (entry) end of the road. This should cut out the problem of truck drivers stopping alongside all the food vendors along the road and causing serious blockages to build up.” Fellow work colleague at Bridge, Christine Pater, added: “There are also plans to widen the road – with two lanes for trucks and one for other traffic. Also to resurface it, making the traffic flow even more fluid than it is at the moment.”