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City says that it needs another R22m to upgrade roads
Daily News
|August 06, 2025
THE eThekwini Municipality has said that it will need an additional R22 million to complete roadworks on the busy Solomon Mahlangu Drive-M7 thoroughfare.
The municipality has notified councillors, at a recent council meeting, that there was need for a contract amendment to the Solomon Mahlangu Drive (M7) contract, which spans from the N2 Solomon Intersection to Wakesleigh and Vusi Mzimela roads.
The contract, after being revised, has been estimated to now cost R89m.
According to the report presented, the contractor was appointed on June 8, 2021, to widen the existing eastbound carriageway of Solomon Mahlangu Drive by providing an additional lane.
However, in September 2021, the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) informed the municipality of its intention to upgrade the existing N2/M7 interchange, similar to the upgraded Umgeni Interchange on the N2 freeway.
Little detail was provided on this upgrade, nor was any artist's impression of how the new interchange would look.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of Daily News.
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