N4 Toll Route usually experiences high traffic volumes during the Easter weekend, with the majority of traffic making use of the Middelburg Toll Plaza. Expected peak traffic days: • Thursday, April 01 (direction east) between 14:00 until at least 22:00 • Friday, April 02 (direction east) between 06:00 until approximately 14:00 • Monday, April 05 [...]
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Visit the Arrive Alive website for the New Toll Fees to be implemented from 1 March 2010: New Toll Fees
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THE WIDER VIEW: Taking shape, the new bridge at the Hoover Dam Creeping closer inch by inch, 900 feet above the mighty Colorado River, the two side of a $160 million bridge at the Hoover Dam slowly takes shape. The bridge will carry a new section of US Route 93 past the bottleneck of the [...]
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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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The Minister of Transport has recently emphasized the importance of partnerships to address road safety in South Africa. Private companies have expertise in technology that could assist road safety authorities in addressing threats to road safety – and we need to use this expertise in the drive towards safer roads. One of these road safety [...]
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Johannesburg’s road infrastructure will be ready for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the city’s Roads Agency (JRA) said. “We want to make it a point that people who come here will leave having had a world class city experience. Our first priority is to get the city ready for 2010,” JRA spokesman Thulani Makhubela told [...]
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The South African National Roads Agency had received a R1.37 billion from the European Investment Bank (EIB). In a statement released today, the Bank said the loan would be used to upgrade and extend two key toll roads in the north of the country. The Bank says the projects are of strategic importance to South [...]
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As we approach 2010 we find major construction activity on roads across South Africa. The construction of roads specifically aimed at the Bus Rapid Transit System further leads to traffic congestion and frustration amongst motorists. On the Arrive Alive website we have added more information about Road Safety [...]
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The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has raised R9.95 billion to date – almost half of the funding required for its major road improvements. The agency – which previously stated it would need to raise R25 billion in debt finance over two years to fund its [...]
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What are those strange looking signs every few hundred metres to the side of the road? Travelling between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg [and in fact all national roads] you will find these small signs next to the road. Few road users are aware of the significance of [...]
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