North traffic leaves motorists red in the face
Duvenage asked the community to be patient, as the school holidays are only five weeks away and will aid in the heavy traffic in the area.
Residents from in and around the north of Pretoria are ready to blow their tops following the heavy traffic caused by the construction of the integrated rapid transit (BRT) road linking Paul Kruger Street with Rachel de Beer Street.
Angry residents took to social media this week, after the construction on the road caused a two-hour delay for some motorists stuck in the grid-lock caused by the closed off road.
Besides the traffic being grid-locked, motorists took to social media in frustration after an ambulance had to make a U-turn and take another route because it could simply not get through the traffic.
Other motorists complained about their vehicles overheating due to the long time stuck in the traffic.
Councillor Yolanda Duvenage told Rekord she would be regulating the traffic tomorrow to show her support to the community and to thank them for their patience during the construction of the BRT route.
“I know it is frustrating for motorists and the community,” Duvenage told Rekord.
She asked the community to be patient as the school holidays were five weeks away, which would aid in the heavy traffic in the area.
The construction would resume in January, and complete in March.
Duvenage has asked assistance from the Tshwane metro police to do traffic control.
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At the end of September, the Tshwane metro warned north residents of traffic delays as a result of the construction on the M1 and R513 (Rachel de Beer) intersection.
Motorists were warned to expect traffic disruption around the Wonderboom metro train station and BRT bus turnaround facility.
“The disruption will be in the form of a full right-hand lane closure in both directions to and from Pretoria North along Rachel de Beer Street.”
The various traffic lights which were again out of order added to the residents’ frustration.
The light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, according to Duvenage, was that once this link was completed, traffic in and out of the north would flow smoother.
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