JRA nears completion of R1i92m Lilian Ngoyi Street rehabilitation

THE Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is on track to complete the first phase of the R192 million rehabilitation of the Lilian Ngoyi Street in the city’s central business district (CBD) two years after being extensively damaged.

- LOYISO SIDIMBA

Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree Street, was hit by an underground gas explosion in July 2023, leaving one person dead and dozens injured.

According to the JRA, the entity will meet the deadline of the end of this month and that first phase is close to completion with 86% of the construction scope already finalised.

The JRA is undertaking the project in two phases and the first phase is on schedule. “Construction of new and reinforced tunnels are complete as well as the backfilling and compaction works,’ the entity stated.