City ‘committed’ to fixing potholes, traffic lights – Mayor
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has once again moved to reassure residents that the city’s leaders are not ignoring the numerous potholes and dysfunctional traffic lights.
Morero and the city’s leadership have been under pressure since President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his disappointment at the state of the city during a recent oversight visit.
Ramaphosa instituted a working group that will strengthen governance and financial sustainability, improve service delivery, and address water and electricity as the city prepares to host the G20 leaders’ summit in November.
Briefing the media in Braamfontein on Wednesday, Morero said at least 194 intersections within Johannesburg have been affected by vandalism and theft.
“Additionally, 60 provincial intersections are also vandalised, requiring reconstruction. The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has committed to fixing 17 critical provincial intersections by March 14.
“The remaining intersections will be addressed in line with budget allocations provided by the provincial government.”
The city is currently focusing on intersections including Malibongwe, Witkoppen, Winnie Mandela, Northumberland, Ontdekkers, and Hendrik Potgieter.
The mayor blamed the recent heavy rains for slowing down JRAs work to patch up the potholes.
“Additionally, we have built our in-house production capacity through our Asphalt Plant to fast-rack the fixing and maintenance of potholes.
“We are also now cleaning kerb inlets on roads which were mostly blocked because of some caved-in infrastructure due to the rain intensity.”
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