SANRAL | Infrastructure news - Part 18

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Incremental launch solution for major bridge

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)....
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Sanral seeks R1.48 billion loan

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...
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South Africa’s infrastructure needs intervention

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...
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Sanral not impressed by blame game

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...

Chota Motala interchange lands top engineering award

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...
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Pedestrian bridge wins top engineering award

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...
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Paying for urban highways

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%...
Nazir Alii CEO SANRAL on why e-tolls are important

Why should the rural poor pay for urban highways?

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....