Following a period of protracted negotiations between the Joburg Roads Agency (JRA) and the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GPDRT), the city has agreed to end the working relationship that has seen the city’s road agency design, install, repair and maintain traffic signals on behalf of the provincial department.
Following a period of protracted negotiations between the Johannesburg Roads Agency and the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport , the city has agreed to end the working relationship that has seen the city’s road agency design, install, repair and maintain traffic signals on behalf of the provincial department.
“A service level agreement was entered into between the JRA and the provincial department, with effect from 1 September 2017 but this agreement expired in August 2020. “It is important to note that JRA simply could not leave these intersections unmaintained while motorists, who are none the wiser about whether these were the responsibility of JRA or the provincial government, continued to experience daily frustrations.
Ngobeni added that a process is underway to hand over to the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport. A total number of 231 maintained intersections will be handed over as per the asset registry.On 31 March, a soft handover took place between JRA and GPDRT;
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