Minister-in-Charge of the Presidency On November 22, Mondli Gungubele and the head of the Presidency’s Infrastructure Office, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, paid a working visit to the Musina local council to check the status of the Musina Ring Road Project. The new ring road connecting Musina South and Musina North began building in December 2019 and is expected to be finished in 2022. By creating a bypass around town, the route will deflect traffic from the N1.
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The Musina Ring Road will address traffic issues
The route would reduce traffic congestion between Musina and the Beitbridge border post, which serves as a gateway to several other SADC nations that trade with South Africa. Due to the large number of trucks traveling to and from the Beitbridge border station, Musina is facing traffic congestion. Delays result as a result of this, which are exacerbated around Easter, the holiday season, and long weekends. When finished in the second quarter of 2022, the Musina ring road, according to Gungubele, would relieve acute traffic congestion in the Musina core business district.
The Musina Ring Road Project is being built as part of the government’s infrastructure project plan. The ring road, according to Gungubele, is part of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, which is being executed to restore and strengthen the construction industry, and by extension, the entire economy while guaranteeing sustainability, resilience, and inclusivity. The South African National Roads Agency is in charge of the project, which involves the building of interchanges, the upgrading of crossroads at the interchanges, and the addition of additional road crossings.
The Musina Ring Road Project exemplifies trade and investment facilitation in the SADC area, as well as economic growth and job creation in South Africa, especially for the citizens of Musina who will be directly impacted. The Musina ring road project gives local residents, and small, medium-sized, and microbusinesses access to possibilities. In order to participate in the initiative, nineteen targeted firms from the Musina municipal region are now hired. Targeted enterprises will get up to 12% of the contract value, with 10% going to women-owned businesses. A contractual mandate to use local labor, sometimes known as targeted labor, to the tune of 6% of the contract value is also in place.
