Sabie and Hazyview
Repair work on the slip failures along the P33/4 road, between Sabie and Hazyview is expected to kick off this week.
This is a scenic route, used by visitors to travel to Mpumalanga, to get to God’s Window, the Blyde River Canyon and numerous waterfalls.
The Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, said in an update, the main road works was completed and construction teams under mobilisation.
Thulasizwe Simon Thomo, MEC of the Department, said the repair work will involve backfilling the affected road embankments to restore the original contours, ensuring the road is structurally stable and safe for use by motorists and tourists.
City of Cape Town
About R114m was committed to the N2 Edge safety project.
The project aims to improve road safety for users.
Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor, said a small number of criminal elements are impacting the safety of hundreds of thousands of daily users of the N2, including commuters from Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Blue Downs, Eerste River, Mfuleni, the Helderberg, and neighbouring towns.
“The N2 edge project will improve safety alongside the City’s beefed-up highway patrolling, with over 40 new Metro cops deployed to the N2, backed by CCTV cameras, automatic number plate recognition, and digital coordination for rapid response to help motorists” he said.
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