The Lephalale Local Municipality will spend R20 million upgrading a road in Ga-Monyeki village, in Limpopo.

The six-month project will create about 40 jobs and will improve access to remote areas in the municipality.

This is the third road to be upgraded in a rural village in Lephalale this financial year as part of the municipality’s commitment towards rural development.

Lephalale Mayor Jack Maeko encouraged the community to support the appointed contractor so that the project gets completed in time.

The municipality is further partnering with stakeholders such as Exxaro and the Road Agency Limpopo (RAL) to ensure that roads in rural village are upgraded.

RAL, Exxaro and Lephalale recently signed an agreement to reconstruct 47.6km of road that services around 18 000 people in rural areas covering three wards in Lephalale