REHABILITATION OF ROADS PROGRESSING WELL

uMngeni Municipality is pleased to report that phase one of rehabilitation of roads is progressing well and within schedule.

Residents will recall that the Municipality informed them, through the local media, of phase one for rehabilitation of roads of an amount of R6 million.

The Municipality announced that it had budgeted R6 million for resurfacing and resealing of roads in the 2014/2015 financial year. Another R6 million has been budgeted for in the current financial year.

Technical Service’s general manager, Eric Svensson said that Mare Street has been resurfaced and that base repairs have been completed in Curry’s Post Road as well as Corner Dicks and Somme Streets.

“Subsequent to the completion of preparation work the portion of these roads will be surfaced and work will proceed to other identified roads,” said Svensson.

In phase two of roads rehabilitation, Svensson added, the municipality has prepared tender documents for a further value of R6 million as a continuation of this infrastructure rehabilitation programme.

Added to the Municipality’s programme of infrastructure improvement, said Svensson, the traffic signals at Corner of Karkloof Road and Main Street have been refurbished and upgraded.

Further traffic signals are to be upgraded in the next coming weeks. These include:- • Traffic signals at Corner of Somme and Dicks Streets • Bell Street and Main Street • Somme Street and Harvard Street • Bell Street and Somme Street • The traffic signals at Quarry Centre in Hilton.

The refurbishment of these traffic signals will be systematically conducted.