PROJECTS
L3096 THEMBA ROAD
Themba Road 3096 (L3096) branches off at the intersection of Local Road 640 and intersects the District Road 985. The length of the road is approximately 3.3km and had previously consisted of wheel track road which fell under category R6 which served as a rural walkway with no proper access of motorized vehicles. Sparsely residential area exists along the length of L3096 and it also serves as a critical thoroughfare for the community. The road provides access to one school, local clinic, local spaza shop, agricultural land and a place of worship. It was vital for the road to be upgraded to class R5 gravel road, which is in line with the Department of Transport Type 7a Local Road standard.
CLIENT: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport (DoT)
VALUE: R2 254 872,00
KEY FEATURES
- Opening equal opportunities for all genders within the community by applying labour friendly technology and ingenuity thereby achieving more than what a conventional project would achieve.
- Equal work opportunities for disabled and able bodied people and equal pay for work done on the project.
- This project has also created a sense of community ownership and partnership by making the community believe that they in charge of their own progress by ‘physically’ building their own road through skills development of basic skills the likes of minor concrete structures, brickwork, pipelaying and landscaping skills.
AWARDS: Pmb SAICE Awards, National SAICE Awards
VALUE: 118 Overall, 65 Women, 71 Youth
PROJECT OUTPUT: Concrete Road
YEAR: 2018
