Sanral engages local communities on future projects
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (Sanral) visited Mpumalanga on Wednesday November 18 to meet and interact with residents of the eMalahleni Local Municipality through its new initiative, "Taking Sanral to the people" .
The drive aims to encourage conversations between the roads agency and the local community, and to showcase upcoming projects that will take place in the targeted region and how the community and local businesses can be involved.
In a statement by Sanral, it said the northern region stakeholder coordinator, Melba Geca, said at the event that the agency is “committed to directly collaborating with local community stakeholders on various road development projects in the region”.
“The purpose of the engagement is to ensure that as a critical stakeholder to Sanral you understand our business and how you would be able to interact with us and benefit from the projects that will be presented to you,” said Geca.
The statement added that eMalahleni Local Municipality’s executive mayor, Linah Malatjie, also emphasised the importance of creating ecosystems where roads agency like Sanral can come to the people and share information with local business owners.
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“We appreciate that Sanral is coming to the communities of eMalahleni Local Municipality to engage in meaningful discussions regarding the upcoming projects,” said Malatjie, according to the statement.
“We want the community to understand the policies and procedures attached to doing business with Sanral. Such understanding will enable them to present their businesses better and access the opportunities available in the Sanral road network in our region.”
The roads agency presented several upcoming projects to the community. Sanral said a major project that will fall under eMalahleni is the routine road maintenance. This is scheduled to take place on the national roads R573 (commonly known as Moloto Road); R555 as well as the N12.
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The work needed for the initiative includes general road maintenance such as potholes and road surface repairs along the affected network of the road, grass cutting, storm water drainage, fencing, and road signs.
The project is estimated to take 36 months. Sanral said another planned initiative that was presented was the repair and resurfacing of N12’s section 20. Expected construction duration will be 15 months.
Typical work to be done will include concrete pavement repair, pre-treatment of the existing road, traffic accommodation as well as drainage and structures improvements.
