Name of the Project
N1/N4 highway rehabilitation projects.

Location
The projects will be stretch between Gauteng, Limpopo and North West, in South Africa.

Client
Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire.

Project Description
The rehabilitation of the N1/N4 toll highway will increase the design life of the road by ten years.

The project involves the rehabilitation of the N1 highway between Pretoria, in Gauteng, and Bela-Bela, in Limpopo.

Bakwena is also rebuilding 167 km of single carriageway on the N4 between Rustenburg, in the North West, and the Lobatse border post between Botswana and South Africa.

Other upgrades on the 395 km of road under Bakwena’s control include adding 70 km of dual carriageway on the N4 between Pretoria and Rustenburg.

Bakwena has already added 35 km of dual carriageway on the N4.

Further, following assessments of aspects such as queue lengths and traffic capacity at toll plazas, Bakwena will also upgrade selected plazas and interchanges.

The Zambezi toll plaza will receive an additional four lanes, and the Stormvoël plaza two lanes. The Stormvoël interchange will also be upgraded.

Two additional lanes are also being built at the Doornpoort plaza – the largest in South Africa at 40 000 transactions a day – and the Pumulani plaza and the Marikana and Brits plazas.

In addition, Bakwena is removing all manual-payment-only lanes in its network so that every lane becomes e-tag enabled.

Jobs to be Created
Not stated.

Value
The rehabilitation of the N1 highway between Pretoria and Bela-Bela will cost R396-million. The rehabilitation of the N4 between Rustenburg and Lobatse will cost an estimated R1.22-billion.

The addition of a dual carriageway on the N4 between Pretoria and Rustenburg is estimated at R1.5-billion.

The upgrade of selected plazas and interchanges is expected to cost R230-million.

Duration
The N1 highway between Pretoria and Bela-Bela is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

The rehabilitation of the N4 between Rustenburg and Lobatse is expected to be completed by mid-2018.

The construction of all the additional lanes at the Doornpoort and Pumulani plazas is expected to be completed by December this year.

Construction of the two additional lanes at the Marikana and Brits plazas is expected to start in 2017.

This removal of all manual-payment-only lanes is expected to be completed by January 2017.

Latest Developments
The 80 km rehabilitation of the N4 highway between Pretoria and Bele-Bela is 80% complete.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, tel +27 11 519 0400, fax +27 11 519 0414 or email info@bakwena.co.za.