SHAREHOLDER Engagement
MEC Nkakareng Rakgoale hard at work at the launch of Operation #ThibaMekotiDitseleng, on road D1468 in the Blouberg Local Municipality.
OPERATION #ThibaMekotiDitseleng TO ERADICATE POTHOLES
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otorists and general road users in the Limpopo Province will soon be relieved from potholeriddled roads. The drive to eradicate potholes comes after the launch of Operation #ThibaMekotiDitseleng, which was launched by the Hon MEC for Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure (LDPWRI), Mme Nkakareng Rakgoale, supported by Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Gabriel Maluleke. The launch took place on road D1468, between Vivo and Indermark in the Blouberg Local Municipality, part of which was riddled with potholes for some time, within the Capricorn District. This was the Limpopo provincial leg of the National Department of Transport’s labour-intensive pothole patching programme dubbed #ValaZonke - fixing potholes together. The operation has since been extended to all the five districts of the province. According to MEC Rakgoale, most roads in the province are in a bad state, exacerbated by the heavy rains experienced in the recent past. “With Operation
#ThibaMekotiDitseleng, we want to do our best to close all the potholes so that road users can travel without any hassles.” The MEC added that her team will be working on most of the problematic roads in all the districts, particularly those with potholes, further urging communities to exercise patience while the matter receives due attention. She also acknowledged that some of the roads in the province have reached the end of their life span, hence their bad condition. “We are working on those roads together with our implementing entity, RAL. For example, this road (D1468) at the beginning is very bad but as you drive on it gets better because it was addressed
“ WITH OPERATION #ThibaMekotiDitseleng, WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO CLOSE ALL THE POTHOLES SO THAT ROAD USERS CAN TRAVEL WITHOUT ANY HASSLES.”
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