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Three Soweto bridges to get R100m facelift

14th August 2015

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Three low-lying bridges in Soweto, Johannesburg, have been identified for upgrades as part of a yet-to-be-launched citywide bridge construction and rehabilitation programme.

The city-owned Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) plans to inject in excess of R100-million to upgrade the Leselinyana–Kinini, Nxumalo and Zulu–Mahalefele bridges in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial years.

“The bridges are overtopped with flood waters every year due to heavy rainstorms. This has posed a safety challenge for both motorists and pedestrians,” JRA acting MD Mpho Kau says, noting that the bridges will be raised to mitigate this and the danger posed to proximate roads.

This follows an inspection of the 814 bridges, with an asset value of R15-billion, in the city, which concluded that some will require rehabilitation as part of the programme that was to have been officially launched by City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau on August 6.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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