Decay of South Africa’s roads is becoming inevitable via SATodayNews
Decay of South Africa’s roads is becoming inevitableIf the deterioration of the country’s roads is not turned around soon, large-scale decay will be inevitable and it will destroy any hopes for economic recovery and growth.
The bad news, however, is that the situation will most likely continue seeing as the Minister also admitted that there is no money available to perform backlogged road repairs. As in all areas where the ANC governs, maintenance was put on the back burner and all warnings about decay were simply ignored.
The situation has since worsened to such an extent that by 2021, more than half of the country’s gravel roads and a third of its secondary tar roads could be classified as “poor” or “very poor”, according to the company Frost & Sullivan. This includes a quarter of all metropolitan roads as well. This decay must be seen against the backdrop of a railway transport system that has basically collapsed and a struggling economy.
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