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Joburg motorists face delays as busy #M1Rehab continues

Picture credit: Marianne Pretorius
Picture credit: Marianne Pretorius

#M1Rehab trended in Johannesburg on Monday as motorists face delays due to the busy carriageway getting smaller as road rehabilitation continues.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) tweeted via @MyJRA: “IMPORTANT NOTICE: Closure and restrictions of M1 lanes and Ettrick Rd #M1Rehab”.

The JRA said the M1 southbound will be reduced to two lanes from the Killarney area to the St Andrews off-ramp.

Residents of the Rosebank and Houghton areas looking to travel south will have to find alternative routes‚ as the southern on-ramp onto the M1 from Oxford Road will be closed at Ettrick road.

Fears that a taxi strike in Gauteng would compound morning peak congestion weren’t realised when the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) announced that the protest against Operation Ke Molao‚ which has seen taxis being impounded for violations province-wide‚ would not go ahead.

Councillor Christian Walters had said the rehabilitation was important due to dangerous flooding on the double-decker section of the M1.

“This section of the freeway is a key arterial route through the heart of Johannesburg and daily carries approximately 80000 private cars‚ commercial traffic and public transport...all vital to the growth of southern-most important economic hub‚” Walters said.

Certain lanes on the M1 double-decker section will be closed until July 6‚ 2017‚ on weekdays between 9.30am and 2.30pm.

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