City Power and City of Joburg opens revamped Roosevelt Park substation

City Power CEO Lerato Setshwedi and outgoing Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba were at the opening of the revamped Roosevelt Park substation near Cresta on 22 November. 

Roosevelt substation was one of the first projects Mashaba was committed to delivering after the community protested over outages in the area, he made plans with Setshwedi to revamp the substation.

Setshwedi said, “This is where I first met the mayor when he was appointed. And we are here again with him (in his last week) and with no causalities.”

Setshwedi said they were happy to deliver the project within the budget, “Its difficult to work to rebuild the substation while the substation is still live and providing residents with electricity. I thank the project manager and the whole team that worked hard to deliver this project.”

R133 million was allocated for the project and completed in the allocated time.

Setshwedi added, “The good thing about this (Roosevelt) substation is that the restoration time will be shorter as switching on and off can happen on-site and not at another switching substation.”

#ReUnion
The first time @CityofJoburgZA Mayor @HermanMashaba met with City Power CEO Lerato Setshedi as the 1st citizen of Joburg, was at #Roosevelt substation where plans were put in place to revamp it following concerns by residents.
Today they are here again to launch it. pic.twitter.com/t83MNVTLcP

— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) November 22, 2019

Exec.Mayor @HermanMashaba giving a keynote address at the opening of #roosevelt substation near Cresta.
Roosevelt susbtation was one of the first projects the Mayor committed to deliver after the community protested over outages in the area. pic.twitter.com/OfwrA6ywJx

— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) November 22, 2019

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