Transport News
Tinubu pledges to build roads after scrapping Nigerian fuel caps
Nigeria’s new President pledged to invest in infrastructure projects in a bid to placate residents after scrapping expensive fuel subsidies. Gasoline prices almost tripled after President Bola Tinubu removed price caps that cost the government $10-billion last year. Tinubu said his administration will boost spending on roads, education and healthcare to help improve the standard of living in Africa’s most populous nation. He asked Nigerians to “sacrifice a little more for the survival of our country” in a speech to mark Democracy Day in Nigeria on Monday.
R216m Montrose interchange upgrade nears completion
Construction of the soon-to-be completed R216-million Montrose Interchange, on the N4, has already “changed the lives of local small businesses and residents by providing much-needed jobs”, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) stated in a July 28 press release. Engineering News and Mining Weekly has been told that the Interchange will be completed in August.
South Africa’s transport network holding economic growth back
South Africa’s transportation modalities– all of them– are currently not able to support greater economic development in the nation. So cautioned South African Association of Freight Forwarders CEO Juanita Maree, attending to the forty-fifth Annual SAPICS Conference in Cape Town on Monday. “Supply chain is more about issue resolving” than anything else, she explained in her introductory remarks. It was “not one [transport] method above another modality”. All were equal. However, currently, in South Africa, the roads were excessive used.
South African government’s Vulindlela reforms will not be minor, assures Presidency official
The South African government’s Operation Vulindlela (“opening”) is intended to lead to major reforms to key sectors of the economy, Presidency Project Management Office head Rudi Dicks ensured delegates at the forty-fifth annual SAPICS Conference, in Cape Town, on Monday. “It’s not going to be shallow,” he assured. For Vulindlela, 5 concern locations had actually been determined, he reported. They were energy/electricity, water (especially bulk water), telecom, the nation’s visa system, and port and railway efficiencies.
JRA closes part of road as illegal mining activity causes sinkhole
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has actually closed one lane of Miles Stoker roadway in the Roodepoort instructions owing to a sinkhole, which has developed due to the fact that of unlawful mining activity in the location, including tunnelling beneath the roadway surface. For security factors, the northbound carriageway along Miles Stoker road, between Main Reef road and Roodepoort, has actually been temporarily closed..
Cape Town’s transport budget may see R60m go to waste owing to construction mafia
With just two weeks staying in the current fiscal year, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) alerts that almost R60-million of the Urban Mobility Directorate’s capital spending plan might go unspent owing to the activities of extortionists and the building mafia. CoCT Urban Mobility MMC Rob Quintas says at least seven major tasks have been halted owing to safety issues, varying from the construction of brand-new public transport infrastructure, to road restoration and stormwater maintenance, mostly in the city’s “most susceptible communities”.
Mpumalanga will identify strategic roads to be managed by Sanral
Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has announced that Mpumalanga has been encouraged to identify strategic roads that could be handed over to and managed by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). During her Ministerial oversight visit to Mpumalanga, she highlighted the importance of the continued improvement of municipal and provincial roads to help bolster economic development.
Govt, business partner to resolve South Africa’s logistics crisis Govt, business partner to resolve South Africa’s logistics crisis
Engineering News editor Terence Creamer talks about the National Logistics Crisis Committee and why it was established; the participation of service in the committee; how the committee will approach its work; and how the impact of business will be managed where conflicts of interest may develop.
Transport Minister welcomes PRASA War Room progress; Aarto ruling Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga outlines the spate of vandalism of trucks and how the department is mitigating this.
The Department of Transport is pleased with the progress the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is making through a War Room that is suggested to collaborate the recovery effort of numerous corridors and accelerate the infrastructure rollout, enhance security and provide momentum to the modernisation programme. This was noted by Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga on July 20, throughout an update on the department’s first-quarter performance. The update followed a check out by the department to the War Room.
Firm rolls out sustainability project
Second-hand vehicle buying and selling company WeBuyCars has successfully executed various sustainability solutions across its showrooms nationally, including the adoption of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. The project aims to promote eco-friendly practices and ensure a more sustainable and responsible approach to its business practice.