Gauteng MEC launches major road maintenance drive in Mogale City
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched an intensive maintenance drive on Magalies Road in Mogale City, addressing potholes, slope failures and damaged streetlights.
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Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela on Tuesday launched a major road-maintenance activation in Mogale City as part of an intensified, province-wide campaign to rehabilitate key mobility corridors, improve road safety and strengthen service-delivery capacity across all municipalities.
The department said the strategic route selected for the activation carries high traffic volumes and is essential for connecting communities, supporting businesses, enabling tourism and facilitating freight movement in the West Rand.
According to the department, its expanded road-maintenance capability now allows teams to respond more effectively to road-surface failures, storm damage, electrical faults and other infrastructure needs.
“We are on a campaign to fix Gauteng’s roads and restore service delivery at the pace and scale our communities expect,” said MEC Diale-Tlabela.
“Magalies Road is one of the priority corridors in Mogale City, and the work we are doing here is part of a broader commitment to improving mobility and road safety across the province.”
The planned works in Mogale City include resurfacing and patching, sinkhole rehabilitation, restoring streetlights and traffic signals, and stabilising slope failures caused by heavy rains.
“Our increased maintenance capacity means we can now meet our road repair targets not only in Mogale City, but in every municipality across Gauteng,” added the MEC. “We are bringing roads to an improved level of service so that motorists, public transport operators, and businesses can travel safely.”
Diale-Tlabela also stressed that road maintenance forms a critical part of the province’s road-safety efforts.
“Well-maintained roads save lives. By repairing potholes, fixing signals, and restoring lighting, we are reducing crashes and creating safer conditions for all road users,” she said.
The department will continue rolling out maintenance activations across Gauteng in the coming weeks as part of its ongoing infrastructure improvement programme.