Joburg Transport MMC says traffic lights will be maintained

Johannesburg Transport MMC Funzela Ngobeni says the Gauteng Roads and Transports Department has already appointed new contractors to maintain 231 traffic lights in the province.

They ended their traffic signal maintenance and repair partnership after failing to renew their Service Level Agreement.

According to Gauteng’s Transport MEC this is due to the Joburg Roads Agency not having its taxes in order.

Ngobeni says the parting was amicable.

“My self and MEC Mamabolo amicably agreed that going forward they will then start maintaining and repairing their own traffic lights, they have informed us that they have already appointed contractors as early as last year November, so they are ready to start maintaining those 231 traffic lights on provincial roads,” he said.

“This agreement it is positive in my view, it an way that it ends the impulse between the entity and the province, it gives now the province a go-ahead to start repairing and maintaining those traffic lights and from our side, although we regret that we couldn’t continue with the SLA with them, we actually welcome the fact that residents of the City of Joburg will know now that the is an entity that will be fully responsible for these traffic lights that are on provincial roads.”

Source: eNCA

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