As part of the October Transport Month (OTM) rollout plan, the government will on Thursday (21 October 2021) open four completed Welisizwe Bailey Bridges that connect the community of KwaXolo in the South Coast of KwaZulu -Natal.
The Deputy Minister for Transport Ms Sindisiwe Chikunga will preside on this work, which will change the lives of the local community for the better. She will be joined by the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Ms Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni.
The opening of these four bridges is part of the infrastructure rollout and is giving impetus to the Economic Recovery Plan.
In line with improving KwaZulu-Natal’s transport infrastructure, the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure (DPWI), the Department of Defence & Military Veterans (DOD) and the Department of Transport – KZN entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the implementation of Welisizwe Rural Bridges Programme.
The programme is aimed at providing urgent safe access to social amenities and further responding to potential disaster areas and emergency disaster situations. The intervention is done through the construction of Modular Steel Bridges.
The Department of Transport invested R110 million for the construction of fourteen (14) Bailey Bridges in rural communities of KwaZulu-Natal. A total of eight (8) bridges have been completed.
Source: Government of South Africa