Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula will launch the Operation Valazonke pothole repair project with provincial MECs on Monday.
MINISTER of Transport Fikile Mbalula will launch the Operation Valazonke pothole repair project with provincial MECs on Monday.
A statement on Sunday said the minister will roll out the labour-intensive programme to address potholes on the country’s roads. The main launch will take place in Sedibeng, Gauteng.
“The roll-out of this programme will be the implementation of an integrated, rigorous and comprehensive plan that will drive interventions to ensure that the department improves the overall condition index of roads,” said the department.
The statement said the Department of Transport is supporting district municipalities with “Road Infrastructure Planning” through the Rural Road Asset Management Systems Grant.
“The national Department of Transport has been hard at work intensifying interventions aimed at addressing challenges relating to road infrastructure with a comprehensive plan to address potholes across all spheres of government, with the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) leading the labour-intensive national project,” it said.
The department said during the Road Construction and Maintenance Indaba in May that provincial authorities had outlined the magnitude of the pothole problem in their areas of responsibility, the existing strategies they are using to fix them and the turnaround time to fix potholes.
