The Western Cape Transport and Public Works Department are changing gears when it comes to road safety. Its focus will now be on helping to keep communities safe, along with preventing road deaths. Officials have unveiled some of their new...
Construction has started on South Africa’s first plastic road. It’s being created in Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, and if it proves successful more might be on the cards. Source:...
In a groundbreaking, market-leading initiative, Shisalanga Construction – a majority owned subsidiary of Raubex Group Limited – has paved a South African road using a locally recycled plastic compound as part of the asphalt formula ingredient. On...
Starting from 10 September, 200 tons of “plastic road” is due to be laid on a stretch of the N3 highway in KwaZulu-Natal. The recycled plastic is used as a binder ingredient in the asphalt and replaces a percentage of bitumen, while...
