N3 between Durban and Joburg to be upgraded

23rd January 2015

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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A stretch of the N3 highway between Durban and Johannesburg will be upgraded, starting in the middle of 2015, in a contract valued at around R400-million, says South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) Eastern Region design and construction manager Ravi Ronny.

Work includes the construction of additional lanes on the N3 between the Cedara and Tweedie Interchanges, north of Pietermaritzburg.

The work area is roughly 11 km in length, says Ronny.

This section of the N3 is managed by N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) on behalf of Sanral.

“[The] contract includes the financing, planning, design, construction and maintenance of the N3 between Cedara and Heidelberg,” notes Ronny.

The N3 is South Africa’s principal freight and logistics corridor, he adds.

“Upgrading the N3 is essential if one of government’s strategic integrated projects – creating an improved link between the Port of Durban and Gauteng, South Africa’s economic heartland – is to succeed.

“This portion of the N3 is in need of a capacity upgrade due to the increased volume of passenger and heavy vehicle traffic.”

“N3TC is implementing this lane expansion programme well in advance of the actual requirement in order to minimise the impact on heavier traffic volume in later years,” says N3TC technical manager Douglas Judd.

N3TC will be funding the upgrade.

Construction is likely to start mid-2015 for a period of at least two years.

Sanral and N3TC are aware of the impact construction will have on traffic management during the construction period, and have developed a comprehensive programme to minimise disruption and maximise road safety around construction areas, emphasises Ronny.

Key elements of this plan include a notification and information management system, as well as keeping the existing number of lanes open during peak traffic periods.


Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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