Operation launched to fix Limpopo roads
According to Rakgoale, the department is targeting to patch 180 000m² of potholes, which is 12% of the province's 6 263 paved network.
BURGERSFORT – Motorists can expect proper and safer roads in Limpopo. The provincial MEC for public works, toads, and infrastructure, Nkakareng Rakgoale, said motorists will breathe a sigh of relief as the patching of potholes is well under way.
The department recently launched the provincial leg of the national pothole patching programme. It is termed “Operation Thiba Mekoti Ditseleng”.
The operation is aimed at fast-tracking the department’s efforts of patching potholes on the province’s roads in all five districts of Limpopo.
Rakgoale said the conditions of the roads in the province are bad, especially after the heavy rain. According to Rakgoale, the department is targeting to patch 180 000m² of potholes, which is 12% of the province’s 6 263 paved network.
“The department will work hard to patch the potholes so that motorists can use the roads without any hassles.”
The MEC also acknowledged that most of the roads have finished their lifespan, which is why they continue to get potholes, even if they come and patch them. She said they will work with the Road Agency Limpopo to fix the problems.
A motorist, Michael Makwena, said the Government had such operations in the previous years, but had failed in improving local roads.
“The problem lies in the management of the work that is done. There is a level of incompetence, and also the possibility of corruption in road tenders.”
Locals in Tubatse had always complained about the traffic on the R37 and R555. Complaints about the state of the Steelpoort to Jane Furse (D2219), Olifantspoortjie (D737) and the Sekhukhune roads had always been reported to this publication.
