Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela together with Police Roads and Transport MEC, William Bulwane have embarked on Operation Vala Zonke on the R501 road between Viljoemskoon and Potchefstroom intersection as well as the R59 road from Sasoburg to Vanderbjilpark on Monday, 8 August 2022.
Operation Vala Zonke is a countrywide campaign aimed at closing all potholes on our roads. This roads maintenance programme is a government initiative done in partnership with private sector companies.
Today’s programme is a collaboration between the Free State government, the Ministry of Transportation, SANRAL and Sasol Company.
“Vala Zonke will be an ongoing programme and with time it will incorporate rehabilitating even our municipal roads. It goes without saying that, high traffic volumes are taking a toll on the state of our roads. ” MEC William Bulwane.
Roads maintenance has a direct impact on investment, job creation and economic growth broadly. Therefore, we all have a role to play in building the free state economy that will improve the quality of life and construct a bright future for generations to come. One of the fundamental ways to build such a future is to invest in maintenance and build a culture of tolerance from all road and adherence to traffic laws. This will surely help curb death fatalities on our roads.
“Within six months our province must be pothole free. That being said, we must remember that all of us have a responsibility to make this programme a success. SANRAL has created an application for reporting potholes, instead of just complaining, let’s be active participants and change the situation by reporting this potholes. Wherever you come across a pothole, take a photo and upload it on the SANRAL app, the alert will immediately be captured and logged into the SANRAL system and the pothole will be urgently attended” Premier Sisi Ntombela
Free State Provincial Government
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