SANRAL
SANRAL has announced the completion of a R500 million upgrade of the N2 section between Qonce and the Green River, following three-and-a-half years of construction.
Motorists travelling along the N2 between eQonce and Ngqushwa in the Eastern Cape will be able to benefit from what promises to be a safer and congestion-free road.
The N2 Green River road development project- boasts three new modern bridges to improve safety.
The project included extensive road widening, a new wider bridge over the Buffalo River, a cattle underpass as well as pedestrian walkways.
SANRAL says two new traffic roundabouts were constructed at the N2/R63 intersection and N2/Engen access way to minimise congestion while geometric safety improvements were undertaken at intersections.
A spokesperson for SANRAL Jenay Petrus says the project is not just about enhancing road safety, it’s a catalyst for socio-economic development in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCM).
A significant portion of the project’s budget is dedicated to empowering local labour and targeted enterprises.
The CD project includes the tarring of the 3km Ginsberg Road, which begins where the R63 and N2 merge and stretches past the Steve Biko Centre to Sompunzi Street, a stone’s throw from the home of the late Black Consciousness Movement leader, the late Stephen Bantu Biko.
