While the City of Johannesburg is preparing to reopen the M2 bridge which has been closed for eight months, 50 more bridges in the city are in need of urgent repairs.This was revealed by Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) head of infrastructure development Siyabonga Genu to Sowetan yesterday. Why we need this scheme. Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba wants big business to help fund the City’s M2 bridge rehabilitation so it can reopen far sooner than the eight months. No-one else delivers news and advertising messages to 27460 doorsteps in the Rosebank Killarney area every Tuesday. The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) will be closing the M2 motorway from 28 February at 6am to enable the agency to resume its bridge rehabilitation. / SANDILE NDLOVU © 2020 Arena Holdings (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. Mayor Herman Mashaba is pictured leaving the Johannesburg Central Police station, 10 December 2018. The JRA realised that parts of the support structure have moved and that is affecting the structural stability of some bridges on the M2 motorway. "Across the city we have approximately 50 bridges that require urgent repairs. Register (it’s quick and free) or sign in now.The M2 bridge rehabilitation will be finished by the end of October.The JRA says it will cost more than the budgeted R160m to rehabilitate the M2 motorway between the Crown Interchange and Maritzburg Street - but is ...50 more Joburg bridges need repairs as M2 is set to reopen Traffic over the M2 bridge at Crown Interchange will return to normal from November 4. The Johannesburg traffic flow is set to be heavily affected The safety of the Selby bridge cannot be guaranteed for continuous use by motorists and thus the decision for a closure of the M2 between Crown Interchange and Maritzburg street is necessary. Copyright © 2020 Caxton & CTP Printers and Publishers Ltd. The closure is necessitated by the continuous monitoring and the bridge visual conditions assessment which indicated that the structural integrity of the concrete elements is severely reduced. But you can still access the eastbound side of the highway by using the Heidelberg Interchange at either Heidelberg Road or Maritzburg Street. "Would you like to comment on this article or view other readers' comments? But this came at a high cost to motorists who had to endure congested traffic.Since February 28, about 12,000 motorists who had been using the motorway during the morning and evening peak-hour periods have had to find a new way to get to and from work in the city.Outgoing Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba admitted this week that the closure of the bridge had caused major inconvenience to businesses and residents, but said the city had to shut it down to protect lives.Genu said while there was relief to motorists about the reopening of the bridge, work was not complete. A Highways England spokesman explained: "A-one+, on behalf of Highways England, will be replacing the bridge joints on the coastbound section of the M2 Medway Viaduct.

At certain times of day, there are high levels of congestion and delay on the A249 southbound (towards Maidstone), northbound (towards Sittingbourne) and on the approaches to the junction and on the exit slop road from the M2 westbound (towards … “The safety of motorist has been insured and now commuters will have a better experience,” the mayor concluded.For almost 47 years the Rosebank Killarney Gazette has been the voice of the community.

The safety of the Selby bridge cannot be guaranteed for continuous use by motorists and thus the decision for a closure of the M2 between Crown Interchange … The implementation of the full closure will commence on Thursday the 28th February at 06:00 am to allow the bridge rehabilitation to resume. We have eight more bridge structures along the M2 that require repair and rehabilitation works but at small scale when compared to the current works.