EXPECT HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES 25 – 27 November 2011. The annual Metro FM Music Awards will be hosted by South Africa’s biggest radio station at the Mbombela stadium in Nelspruit this weekend. Peak traffic is expected along the N4 as music lovers from around the country make their way to and back from Nelspruit. TRAC [...]
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Motorists in the Lowveld can look forward to an improved road between Schagen and Nelspruit Construction work has started on a 13,7 kilometre portion of the N4 toll road (section 7) from Schagen to the Nelspruit Ring Road split. This section of road will be widened to a four lane divided dual carriageway. TRAC has [...]
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Around seventy of the country’s top junior cyclists and a team from Namibia have entered in the first TRAC National Junior & U-16 Cycle Tour to be hosted in Mpumalanga. The cyclists and their support teams will arrive in Nelspruit on Wednesday, 30 March for final registration and preparation. The tour is hosted over four [...]
Drivers need to take equal responsibility for road safety Non-roadworthy vehicles and negligent driving practices have been the cause of a number of serious accidents on the N4 Toll Route recently. Causes of accidents are seldom singular. It is often caused by speed, non-roadworthy vehicles (bad tyres, no tail lights, no brakes, overloading, etc) and [...]
The N4 Toll Route (staring east of Pretoria and ending in Maputo, Mozambique) usually experiences high traffic volumes over long weekends and school holidays. With schools closing on Thursday, the 23rd of September (starting again on 04 Oct) and the Innibos Arts Festival taking place in Nelspruit from 23 – 26 September, the N4 toll [...]
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Road users travelling along the N4 Toll Route in and around Nelspruit (Mbombela) now have the option of taking the N4 Nelspruit Ring Road around the central business district (CBD). The new N4 route will branch off at Mataffin, skirt Riverside Mall, bridge the R40 and the Crocodile River and continue through to Karino where [...]
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Travelling to some of South Africa’s most beautiful tourism destinations, the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the Kruger National Park or the beaches of Mozambique, you may find yourself on the N4 Toll Route, also known as the Maputo Corridor Route. The Maputo Corridor route is a national road operated by toll concessionaire, Trans African Concessions [...]
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“New look for Old Joe” One of the Lowveld’s most famous guardians, Old Joe, was given a whole new look in support of the 2010 World Cup. Old Joe has become an icon welcoming travellers to the Lowveld, and now also to the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. The rock, which has stood at the side [...]
1 December 2009 Burst Tyres, Illegal U-turns and Poor Visibility could compromise Road Safety Burst tyres consistently remain one of the top five causes of accidents on the N4 toll route. The TRACassist and route patrol teams on the N4 toll road have already assisted almost 400 road users with tyre problems this year. It [...]
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This was reported in an update on the Arrive Alive website yesterday evening: “N4 Toll Route. The N4 near Nelspruit is closed in both directions due to the collapse of beams (part of construction of the P166 bridge). TRAC is NOT responsible for construction of this bridge. Traffic is being diverted via Kaapsche Hoop. Clean [...]
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