Voices of complaints about the inconvenience caused by roadworks are getting louder each day, and what is angering residents most are the on and off upgrades on seemingly perfect road surfaces.
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Walter Berger, chairperson of Madi Mero of Eagle Trace Estate in Fourways, complained that some sections of the R511 which were under construction for the past three years were being dug up again.
“We were notified that the roadworks were complete. This took close to three years to complete. The road looked very good, a job well done, I might say, but now it seems like they are cutting open so many sections and re-tarring for no apparent reason,” complained Berger.
“The last intersection that was completed across Leaping Frog Shopping Centre was perfectly done. It was amazing every day that I drove over that intersection. It was perfectly level and smooth. I was impressed and don’t think that it could have been done more perfectly than what it was.
“It seemed that the roadworks were complete, and we were notified that everything was complete except for the traffic lights. Then all of a sudden they started to cut up sections of that very intersection, causing complete chaos in traffic.”
Another Fourways resident, Darryn Lee, wrote to Fourways Review echoing similar sentiments about a section of the busy William Nicol Drive in Beverley.
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Lee said constructors started chopping up a new road surface which had been under construction for two years.
“They are chopping up the road again and the traffic lights are not working causing serious traffic jams and accidents,” fumed Lee.
Arlene Alro of Craigavon suspects that the roadworks in her area were illegal.
“Are these roadworks legal in Inchanga Road, Craigavon? They are causing major traffic jams. They are occurring outside Crawford College as well. Please investigate and let us know,” said Alro
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The Johannesburg Roads Agency and the Gauteng Department of Transport remained tight-lipped when Fourways Review forwarded the queries to their respective communication departments.
Questions e-mailed to Mosa Makhalima of the Joburg Roads Agency a week ago were not responded to. Koena Moabelo, spokesperson for the Department of Transport failed to shed light over the digging and chopping up of the ‘seemingly perfect’ road surfaces. He referred this paper to the project director, Melitah Madiba, who equally could not provide an explanation.
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