More than R316m towards facelift of nine road projets in North West...

Sods are scheduled to be turned at separate locations in three municipalities to officially mark the beginning of the special maintenance and re-gravelling on at least nine provincial roads for total investment of more than R316 million by the department of Public Works and Roads.

The good news is, contractors have been appointed for all nine road projects and sod turning ceremonies – one scheduled for Friday this week- have been lined-up to introduce same to stakeholders including the direct beneficiaries of such projects, as in local communities.

Three of the projects are in the Ngaka Molema District, the direct beneficiaries being road users of Mafikeng Local Municipality who stand to benefit from the revamped road infrastructure totalling more than R113m of the above-mentioned total investment.

Contractor, Khosivuyo Logistics CC, is due to establish site shortly for the R47million special maintenance of 4 km on sections of Nelson Mandela Drive between the suburb of Danville and Dada Motors car dealership. This is the busiest street in Mahikeng town witnessing large volumes of local traffic during peak hours compounded also by the fact that it remains one of the critical economic routes.

Truck loads carrying livestock, cement and other commodities to and from neighbouring countries often use that main street through town. The main street is also used as access to businesses, including retail as well as fuel filling stations situated alongside the main street.

Further west of town, more than R31million will be spent on 46km for sectional rehabilitation between the villages of Makgobistad, through Logagane, Makgori to Tshidilamolomo (Road D414). The department appointed Actophambili Roads, to perform on that road soonest and a  planned sod turning event which will coincide with the introduction to the communities that road snakes through.

There is also a special maintenance of 27km of a road (P183/1) between Goedgevonden and N18 awarded to LTP Projects JV Taola for contract value of more than R35 million. Madibeng Local Municipality (Bojanala) also has three special maintenance road projects on the cards ready for sod turning ceremonies scheduled for this week to introduce appointed contractors to communities. The combined value for the three projects is more than R121mllion.

The biggest contract amount of the three,  is R47million, for the pothole patching and reseal of the road between Brits and Rosslyn (D980) including the intersection and safety improvements at road  R512 which is approximately 21.5km, The appointed contractor for the job is Lebo Tebo Trading and Projects.
MSK/Gadimakatse JV is appointed for special maintenance of critical sections of the road (R104) between Majakaneng (Brits area) to Hartbeespoort in the Brits area.

A road between the villages of Maboloka and Fafung (P63/1) in Madibeng Local Municipality also will see sectional patchworks and rehabilitation works starting shortly by the appointed contractor, Dot Africa Civils. The contract amount for the project is more than R42million. Three other projects- two of them re-gravelling- will be rolled in the Rustenburg Municipality and Moses Kotane Municipality respectively.

There will be a special maintenance of the road (P522-R511) from Bethani to Brits (Lethukuthula Development Project, R36.7m); Re-gravelling  for  25km of road D1643 from Moedwel to Ratsagae (Toro Ya Bakwena Civil Engineering, R18.2m) and the re-gravelling of road going through the villages of Pachdraai, Raokgoka, Pitsedisulejang to Maikaipaya in the Moses Kotane.

The contract amount for the above 49km project (D332 toD506 to Z559) is R26million and Mopani Civils (Pty) Ltd is the appointed contractor.

 

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