Question NW834 to the Minister of Transport
24 April 2023 - NW834
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether, with regard to work repairs of road embankments failure to N2, Section 24, OKM-12km and embankment and pavement failure on N2 Section 23, KM 49.8 which was set to commence early this year, he will furnish Mr K P Sithole with an update on the work as we enter into the 3rd month of the year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
N2 Section 24, KM 0 – KM12
The temporary deviation to the median opened to traffic on 27th May 2022. The intervention design has been completed and construction contract was awarded on 24 January 2023 to a value of R352,680,879.10 to Stefanutti Stocks (Pty) Ltd for construction period of 11 months. The contract commencement date was on 6 February 2023, and currently the contractor is finalising local stakeholder engagements. The local stakeholder Project Liaison Committee was established on 6 March 2023 and physical works is due to commence during March 2023.
N2 Section 23, KM 49,8
The tender for consulting engineering services closed on 26 January 2023. The tender is in the evaluation process and has been conditionally awarded on 9 March 2023. It is intended for the investigation and detail design to commence in March 2023, and a contractor to be appointed by April 2024.
In the interim, the Southbound carriageway (SBC) slow lane has been closed which is where the major slip failure cracking has taken place. Construction of the crossover in the median as well as the northbound carriageway (NBC) widening has been completed, and traffic will be diverted onto the NBC within the next 2 weeks ending 24 March 2023. This will ensure full access will be available to the design team for the investigations as well as to the Contractor during the construction phase.