The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport MEC, Jacob Mamabolo is dragging his feet in implementing a decision on the way forward regarding the Moloto Road upgrades despite the fact that people are dying almost every month on this deadly road.
A collision on Moloto Road in the Kameeldrift area, north of Pretoria involving a bus and a passenger vehicle left a 10 year-old dead and multiple people injured yesterday. This unnecessary carnage could have been avoided, had the MEC taken action.
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For far too long, the DA along with the concerned residents and motorists have been pleading with the Gauteng Provincial Government to implement upgrades on this road but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
MEC Mamabolo told the DA last month that he has not yet made any decision on the way forward regarding this road. This clearly indicates that the MEC does not recognize the urgent need for this road to be upgraded. He doesn’t care about the lives of our people that have been lost on this road.
The Moloto Road is the most dangerous road in the country and has the highest number of recorded crashes.
The DA will table a motion in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in order to force MEC Mamabolo to either implement the Moloto Road upgrades as a matter of urgency or consider handing over its share of Moloto Road to SANRAL for upgrades.
We will continue to put pressure on MEC Mamabolo to ensure that his department prioritizes the upgrading of this road.