Joburg allocates another R200m to fix its chronically ill traffic lights
About 50 of Joburg’s more than 2,100 intersections have signal downtime per day, and the city will be introducing uninterrupted power supplies at key crossings
The City of Johannesburg said on Wednesday that it was allocating an additional R200m over the next three years to improve its system of traffic lights, starting with the replacement of copper cabling at key intersections. On Tuesday, the city started a "no-join" policy for fixing electrical faults, ending a practice where signals were fixed by joining cables. It would be introducing uninterrupted power supplies for key intersections and would double the number of technicians over the period, Johannesburg Roads Agency MD Sean Phillips said on Wednesday. An average of about 50 of Johannesburg’s 2,135 intersections experience signal downtime per day, seen as the major complaint from motorists over the conditions of roads, the agency said. Despite a push to improve repair time over the past three months, faults take an average 4.3 days to fix. Ageing signal infrastructure and lack of secure electricity supply account for roughly 25% of faults each, while cable theft — only 4% of cases ...
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