The Chota Motala interchange straddles the N3 freeway as a major access route to the Pietermaritzburg CBD. The interchange had been operating at above capacity for quite some time, evidenced by long delays in traffic on the Chota Motala Road (R33)....
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has approached several banks, including commercial banks, in the hope of raising R1.48 billion. Sanral’s toll and traffic manager Alex van Niekerk says the bulk of the amount needed is...
While the plight of hundreds of thousands of people in the country not having access to clean water and sanitation on a daily basis is common knowledge South Africa has reached a new and unforeseen dilemma – poor service delivery to private and...
South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) CEO Nazir Ali has dismissed claims by former Murray & Roberts CEO Brian Bruce that the agency approached only six companies to tender for road contracts during the 2010 World Cup. The construction...
The Dr Chota Motala Interchange, Pietermaritzburg’s recently completed first multi-level flyover which is already a winner with motorists and commuters has won again: it has bagged a top civil engineering award.The South African Institution of...
The Tshelimnyama Pedestrian Bridge near the Mariannhill Toll Plaza on the N3 outside Durban has won the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Award for Technical Excellence at the recent annual branch awards function.The...
The Roadcrete Africa Division of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction and engineering Group, has been awarded two new contracts with a combined value of R369 million. The first contract worth R11 million was awarded by the Ekurhuleni...
On the opening day of the 2013 Public-Private Infrastructure Forum held in Gauteng, Nazir Alli, CEO of South Africa National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) asked why the rural poor should be expected to pay for the country’s urban highways. Only 2%...
On the opening day of the 2013 Public-Private Infrastructure Forum (PPIF) held in Gauteng, Nazir Alli, CEO of South Africa National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) asked why the rural poor should be expected to pay for the country’s urban highways....
