Progress of the roads in Jawa and Msimka Street New Brighton.
Published: December 05, 2022<< BACK TO NEWS
As the festive season is before us, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
is hard at work to improve roads across all townships, focusing more on stormwater drainage and sinkholes.
This was said by Mayoral Committee Member for
Infrastructure and Engineering, Councillor Kabelo Mogatosi during a site visit
of road infrastructure projects in New Brighton.
"For us to be competitive with other major tourist attraction
Cities, we need to invest on our road network. Both our residents and visitors
must have a safe driving experience. We have made an intentional move to improve
these roads, focusing on storm water drainage. We have old streets here in New
Brighton like Msimka Street that are not accessible to both residents and
Emergency Services during heavy rains due to flooding. I’m happy that work on
this street is progressing well,” said MMC Mogatosi.
Msimka Street is one of the major streets that will be
redone with new storm water drainage at a cost of more than R10 million.
In Jawa Street surfacing of gravel road, construction of cul-de-sacs
and side walks will be done at a cost of more than R8 million.
MMC Mogatosi said work was also in full swing to push back the
20000 pothole backlog.
"We are at 80 percent now when it comes to fixing of
potholes. Our teams are pushing to make sure we fix as many as possible before
the December construction shutdown. We expect traffic flow to increase in our
townships as many, both from out of town and local will be taking their
December holidays. Making sure that potholes and sink holes are fixed, it’s our
contribution towards a safe festive season,” said MMC Mogatosi.
He said for the next two weeks his office will be doing an
oversight in all road infrastructure projects across the City to make sure that
the little time left for this year is used optimally.
"During the shutdown period the Municipality internal teams
will be on standby to respond to any urgent road construction problem,” added
MMC Mogatosi.
Issued by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Communications
Office. For more information please do not hesitate to contact Communications
and Media Liaison Officer Mthubanzi Mniki at (041) 5061555/0713813779
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