Sanral CEO hints at expansion plans

The South African
National Roads Agency
Limited (Sanral) will
soon announce details of
a KwaZulu-Natal project
that will re-route the N3
national road through the
De Beer’s Pass – located
between Ladysmith and
Harrismith – to shorten
the distance between
Durban and Johannesburg.
That’s according to
Skhumbuzo Macozoma,
the road agency’s new
CEO, who took office in
December. He also said
that the existing Gauteng
Freeway Improvement
Project (GFIP) – which
currently covers about
200km – would be
expanded to cover more
than 400 kilometres.
He noted that Sanral
would be focusing on
“winning back the support
and trust of the South
African public” and would
look at alternative funding
methods for the “expensive
upgrades”.
The Organisation
Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa)
welcomed Macozoma’s
statement that Sanral
would be “looking to
achieve a balanced funding
portfolio with fuel taxbased
revenue as well as
toll income”, according to
the organisation’s transport
portfolio director, Ben
Theron.
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Sanral CEO, Skhumbuzo Macozoma.
Photo credit: Outa.