Guardrails to be installed at R101 in front of Hoërskool Zwartkop
“As part this process, I submitted a list of all outstanding traffic calming measures and traffic circles to be implemented after July 1 when this budget takes effect. This should see our backlog of traffic calming measures being brought up to date.”
Residents of Eldoraigne and Hennopspark can look forward to progress made in safeguarding “the dangerous crossing” in front of Hoërskool Zwartkop, Centurion.
The crossing at Mopani Road and the R101 Old Johannesburg Road was in the news in March this year when Rekord reported on yet another pedestrian accident involving one of the school’s learners.
The DA councillor of ward 78, Peter Sutton, announced this week that the safeguarding of the crossing was high on his priority list when considering the ward’s R1-million budget.
“It is all about the safety of children and pedestrians in this community. Learners from Laerskool Hennopspark further down the road, as well as a few private schools in the area, need to cross the road daily. My colleague, DA ward councillor Cindy Billson, also worked hard on this..
“Guard rails will be implemented as I have suggested, horizontally between the school’s fence and the R101 Old Johannesburg Road in the vicinity of Mopani and Valley roads. However, transport engineers will ultimately make the decision.”
To alleviate traffic on the R101 Old Johannesburg Road, Sutton said, “we wish to proceed to close Hennops Road”.
“An official application was lodged with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport to have Hennops Road in Cranbrook Vale, permanently closed for access to the Old Johannesburg Road.”
He said he received feedback that the MEC for Roads and Transport requested more information about the metro’s traffic impact study before a decision is made.
Sutton said two traffic circles, one in front of Laerskool Hennopspark in Blackwood Road, and the other, in Bronberrick, will also be built to improve traffic flow.
“These interventions forms part of Tshwane’s mayoral committee’s approval of the R1-million per ward programme. In terms of this micro project, a R1-million budget was allocated to each ward to be used as part of capital development. Very strict guidelines posed by the metro must be followed.”
Sutton said items this micro-budget can be spent on, are: traffic calming measures, traffic circles, new traffic lights, streetlights, road markings, picket fences, and guardrails.
He said the purpose of this budget was to help drive smaller projects that can be identified by the community.
“In future, the ward councillor, through consultation with the community and the ward committee, will drive development in the ward through this budget.
“As part of this process, I submitted a list of all outstanding traffic calming measures and traffic circles to be implemented after July 1 when this budget takes effect. This should see our backlog of traffic calming measures being brought up to date.”
Sutton said for the financial year, from July 1 to June 30 next year, the following items were included for ward 78: speed bumps in Bronberrick in the following roads: Pine Avenue, Storms Street, Klip Street, Spruit Avenue, Moreletta Street, Tipperary Street, and Blarney Street.
Speed bumps in Kwartsiet Street in Centurion CBD and in Valley Street in Cranbrook Vale x2. Speed bumps in Zwartkop in the following roads: Rhino Avenue, Dolomite Avenue, Akkerboom Street, Konglomoraat Street, Cambrian Street, Bottlebrush Street.
A picket fence in Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, between Migmatite Drive and the N14 Bridge, and traffic circles at the corner of Phyllite Street and Blinkblaar Street, Zwartkop. Also on the corner of Tipperary Street and Blarney Street, Bronberrick, and corner of Mopani and Blackwood streets, Hennopspark.
A raised pedestrian crossing (10m) at the corner of Embankment Drive and Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, Centurion CBD. Road markings at Phyllite Street, Rantkant Crescent, Dolomite Avenue, and Tipperary and Aspen streets in Zwartkop.
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