One of Johannesburg’s oldest canals recently underwent an R8 million upgrade as part of the city’s repair and rehabilitation of stormwater drainage systems portfolio. The Robinson Canal upgrade was undertaken by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA),...
R20 million will be invested into maintaining and upgrading bridges across Johannesburg. This will be undertaken by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and forms part of its maintenance plans for the city’s transport infrastructure. The funds will...
By Rianté Naidoo Johannesburg’s infrastructure is crumbling, and was left to decay by the previous administration, mayco member Nonhlanhla Makhuba told media at Thursday’s sod turning ceremony on the M2 Freeway. To improve current infrastructure...
R88 million has been allocated to tackle potholes in the City of Johannesburg as part of an intervention to address the city’s enormous pothole repair backlog. “We are declaring war on potholes and prioritising the repair of failing road surfaces,”...
By Rianté Naidoo Local governments face a myriad of challenges with limited resources, says Mpho Kau, the head of infrastructure at the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA). Addressing delegates from around Africa at the African Road and Bridge Forum...
The Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) is combining modern technology with rapid response to deal with vandalism and develop innovative solutions to keep traffic lights in the City functioning. The Agency is using remote monitoring systems installed at...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) recently announced the appointment of its new Managing Director, Dr Sean Phillips who will assume the new position with effect from 1 May 2016. The Board made this appointment following a rigorous selection...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) will spend almost R100-million in Region B in the 2015-2016 financial year to improve and maintain the roads infrastructure, including the repairing of potholes. The region includes relatively developed suburbs...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has allocated a budget of over R100 million to upgrade three low-lying bridges in Soweto. This forms part of a city-wide JRA bridge construction and rehabilitation programme which will be launched by City of...
