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Development works for the N3 Townhill Road in South Africa are steadily progressing and on track. Due to heavy rainfall in December 2022, the project’s work had to be put on a temporary pause. However, the project is back on track, due for completion in 2023.
The project stretches from Sanctuary Road right to Link Road. The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) assured us that the project’s remaining work will be completed soon.
The N3 Townhill Road’s remaining developments include the construction of the gabion retaining walls on the northbound carriage. Not forgetting the construction of side drains on both the northbound and southbound carriageway. The remaining works also include the construction of the additional stacking lanes at Hilton alongside middle and fast lane repairs to the northbound carriageway.
About N3 Route in South Africa
The N3 is a national road in South Africa. The road connects Johannesburg and Durban South Africa’s largest and third-largest cities respectively.
Sanral to spend US$1.45bn in the upgrade of South Africa’s N3 highway
Almost US$1.45bn will cost the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to upgrade the N3 road between Pietermaritzburg and Durban in KwaZulu Natala in the next five years.
Initially, Sanral had planned to upgrade the N3 between Cedara and Durban on an estimated amount of US$1.44bn. The second phase of advancement will be on the Pietermaritzburg ring road and Hammarsdale, expected to be complete by 2027 at a cost of US$1.52bn.
Ravi noted that the proposed De Beers Pass route, which would bypass Harrismith, will cut 14 km from the Johannesburg to Durban trip and be safer than the existing Van Reenen’s Pass route.
The South African government adopted a National Infrastructure Plan in 2012 that intends to transform the country’s economic landscape while simultaneously creating significant numbers of new jobs, and strengthening the delivery of basic services.
In his 2013 budget speech, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan announced that the government will over the three years from 2013/14 invest US$80bn in the building of new and the upgrading of existing roads, ports, railway systems, electricity plants, hospitals, and other infrastructure. |
