VANDERBIJLPARK – As a way to give shoppers unmatched convenience, Vaal Mall has proudly introduced a brand-new link road, connecting the mall to the surrounding area.
The innovative addition aims to streamline access to the mall, offering visitors coming from the R57 Golden Highway a seamless shopping experience like never before.
Dozens of neighbouring businesses and stakeholders involved in the making of the road braved the cold morning during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 1.
Officiating the opening of the road, Sedibeng District Municipality MMC for Public Works, Tumi Mochawe, together with Growthpoint’s Portfolio Manager for Vaal Mall, Shana Maree-Paraskevopoulos unlocked the road.
Commenting on the new access road, Maree-Paraskevopoulos said “Offering our customers an exceptional, easy-to-navigate shopping experience is important to us and we are excited to open this link road to the public.”
“The centre’s improved accessibility will not only enhance the experience for our customers using the new road but also for our customers using Vaal Mall’s other entrances where traffic congestion will be alleviated, making each shopping trip more convenient,” she said.
Mochawe said he is excited to be part of the opening of the new road.
“This road will change the landscape and the face of the mall. This is a reflection of Vaal Mall having confidence when it comes to the raising the economy of the Vaal despite the challenges face by the municipality,” he said,
Vaal Mall has also successfully completed the installation of its 2.5MW rooftop solar plant upgrade to its infrastructure.
Taken together with Vaal Mall’s existing carport solar installation of approximately 1MVA, increases the mall’s total solar power plants to roughly 3MW.
Optimising this solar power, as part of the project the mall’s diesel generators will be consolidated to establish a hybrid solar and diesel integrated power system.
This system is designed to utilise solar power whenever possible, including during load shedding periods.
