Question NW1694 to the Minister of Transport
10 June 2022 - NW1694
Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) By what date does he envisage his department will repair the R74 road which runs from the N3 to Winterton to Bergville and (b) what are the time frames set aside by his department in this regard?
Reply:
The Department of Transport in consultation with Free State and Kwa Zulu Natal Governments between which this road R74 traverses, the teams had already done the technical assessment to ascertain the treatment the road will need. It is however worth mentioning that R74 has two sections in it and these are P11 and P340.
a) The majority of this road needs heavy rehabilitation where first 30kms of P11 is planned for the current financial year (2022/23) and this repair work is estimated to take 30 months.
The remainder of the section of this road P340 is planned for the subsequent financial year (2023/24) and this estimated to a period of 20 months.
The holding measure that includes fixing potholes, stormwater repairs and drainage maintenance are already underway.
b) This Part of the Question has been responded to in (a) above.