With the festive holidays two months away, the South African Road Agency (SOC) Limited has joined hands with the Matjhabeng Local Municipality to repair potholes.
This past weekend Sanral partnered with the Matjhabeng Municipality in Welkom, in the Free State to repair potholes.
Provincial and local governments are strategic partners of Sanral which is the lead agency implementing the government’s Vala Zonke project, which aims to repair all potholes across the country in six months.
Provincial and local governments are strategic partners of Sanral which is the lead agency implementing the government’s Vala Zonke project, which aims to repair all potholes across the country in six months.
In the Free State, which has long been dogged by the stigma of bad roads, mainly due to the high volumes of trucks, over 16 540 potholes have already been fixed and filled.
The Vala Zonke team in the Free State, converged on the busy R70 Road between Welkom and Hennenman in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality and repaired potholes as part of plans to combat the annual carnage on South African roads over the festive season.
The intervention of Sanral in the Matjhabeng comes at a time when the local authority is battling to patch potholes in Allanridge, Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg, Virginia and Welkom.
Simphiwo Mxhosa, Sanral’s stakeholder relations head emphasised that road safety was a priority and in the construction of the national road network, it focuses on incorporating safety in that network’s design and engineering.
“Managing and mitigating risks on our road network is a key deliverable. Proactive planning, design, construction and maintenance are benchmarked against industry best practice to ensure that our national road network can hold its own among the best in the world,” said Mxhosa.
