New Year's road closures in Johannesburg

New Year's road closures in Johannesburg

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) will be closing off all access roads leading to the M1 North and South on the double-decker (DD) section for New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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The main festivities are set to take place at the Mary Fitzgerald Square and Newtown Park.

The roads will be closed at 20:00 on Sunday, December 31, and will be reopened after 01:00 on New Year’s Day.

The following sections will be completely closed:

1. M1 South Smit Street on-ramp - motorists are advised to use Smit St. off-ramp.
2. M1 South Carr Street on-ramp
3. M1 North: Crown interchange to DD - motorists are advised to use M2 East
4. M2 West: Crown interchange to DD
5. M1 North onramp from Booysens Road: Selby to M1 North DD

 M2 East: Eloff Street. On-ramp will not be closed but motorist should aware that access to M1 North is closed.
The following roads around Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown will also be closed:

From 18:00 on Sunday to 06:00 on Monday:

1. Miriam Makeba Street from Rahima Moosa Street (Jeppe Street) to Lilian Ngoyi Street (Bree Street).
2. Henry Nxumalo Street from Rahima Moosa to Lilian Ngoyi Street.

From midnight:

1. Miriam Makeba Street from Gwigwi Mrewi Street to Helen Joseph Street (President Street)
2. Henry Nxumalo Street under the M1 flyover between Lilian Ngoyi Street (Bree) and Rahima Moosa and Wolhuther Street (Margaret Mcingana Street).
3. Quinn Street between Rahima Moosa and Lilian Ngoyi Street.
4. Gerard Sekoto Street between Lilian Ngoyi Street and Rahima Moosa Street.

Paid public parking will be available at Newtown Junction.

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