Contractor to resume work on M4 Tongaat River bridge
The Department of Transport in KwaZulu-Natal says repair work has begun on the M4 freeway at the Tongaat River bridge, which was compromised after the April floods last year.
The department and the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) will introduce a contractor that will resume work on the bridge in Ballito, north of Durban, on Friday.
It's been closed since the heavy rains and floods, which claimed the lives of over 400 people.
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The department says the repairs will be part of the first phase in providing solutions to the existing structure.
"The repair for this bridge will provide relief to nearby residents as some of them were affected by the upliftment of a waiver in the payment of uMvoti and Tongaat tolls," says spokesperson Kwanele Ncalane.
"The design for a long term, all access and improved structure will also commence to provide alternative engineering solutions and to avert similar occurrences in future."
