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Tar Road To Magaliesberg
April 3rd, 2012
When lorries grind their way up the hill towards Magaliesburg on the Tar road. Steep rising gradients also set challenges to lorries on this stretch of R24. Their tyres dig up the road towards and out of Magaliesburg.|Trucks driving uphill towards Magaliesburg accommodation and out of town on the R24 also have trouble with the gradient. Their tyres damage the road as the motorists attempt to get traction to mount the hills. They leave behind potholes in the road and ruts next to the verge. Wherever there is an unkerbed border to a road, there is a prospect of breakaways and tar ruts as vehicles go off the road or tarmac moves. The grass cutting company is incessantly involved in road surface repairs to this stretch of road. Kerbing could be a less costly option.There is also a need for road widening and kerbing where traffic turns off the R24 towards the SPAR. The corner has become damaged, rutted and potholed because of the manner that vehicles have turned into Magaliesburg Road. The road was supposed to be utilised by delivery transport, not 22-wheelers whose drivers could do with food or a place to stop overnight. The surface is so eroded that even a reinforced shoulder would probably help very little unless big trucks were banned from utilising the road.The R24 round Magaliesburg is proving pricey to sustain. The road system would benefit from a truck detour without steep hills or railway tracks and boasting a good overnight halt for truck drivers. This ought to be followed by professional companies repairing and resurfacing the ruined roads while at the same time remedying deficiencies in junctions and the railway crossing.The weakened roads in Magaliesburg must then be repaired and resurfaced by professional tarmac road contractors that are capable to right the crisis spots that have formed at the railway crossing and junctions. Once the heavy vehicle dilemma has been resolved, all-inclusive repairs and resurfacing should be undertaken by professional tarmac companies that can also right the problem sites at the railway crossing and junctions. The province itself should budget for suitable roadside drainage upkeep so that a stitch in time can save nine times the sum later.