Bad roads exacerbated by heavy rainfalls in the province are now expected to be a thing of the past. This, as the Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia De Lille unveiled a multi-million rand yellow fleet equipment.
De Lille says her department’s main priority is to fix and tar roads, particularly in the country’s rural areas.
In the North West, a stretch of more than 15 000 kilometres of road is to be prioritised. 25% of those roads are gravel.
With MEC Molapisi, making sure these machines work. Now, to get the work done and fix the roads in the North West. pic.twitter.com/J7Jmijc8YA
— Patricia de Lille (@PatriciaDeLille) January 16, 2020
De Lille unveiled new road construction and maintenance equipment in Mahikeng worth R28 million.
— Patricia de Lille (@PatriciaDeLille) January 16, 2020
“We realised that there was not enough equipment to service all four districts, the main cities and towns. So before, we used to lease and rent equipment. We then decided to spend R28 million to buy extra equipment. So this is what we are handing over [to] the province,” says the minister.
Live on SABC 404 about the purpose of my visit to the North West, ahead of the handover of a brand new fleet of equipment to bolster road maintenance in the “war on potholes” and a visit to a road maintenance project in the Mahikeng CBD. pic.twitter.com/YJ8tc38UZg
— Patricia de Lille (@PatriciaDeLille) January 16, 2020
Doing my part in the war on potholes in the North West. Next stop, a meeting with MEC Molapisi. pic.twitter.com/8zSkZcUbqF
— Patricia de Lille (@PatriciaDeLille) January 16, 2020
![[FILE IMAGE] A truck transporting water tanks.](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SABC-News-Water-tanks-Dr-JS-Moroka-Local-Municipality-120x86.png)
![[File photo] Members of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo gesture during the reahesals ahead of singing their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honor of peace icon Nelson Mandela at the at the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 15, 2022.](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ISICATHAIYA-GROUP-120x86.jpg)
