MEC commits to improving road infrastructure

THE DA's Councillor in the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality Tessa Perryman has launched a petition to compel the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport and Human Settlement to include the Umzumbe Bridge to the N2, in their rehabilitation plans of the R102 (P3-1) between Port Shepstone to Hibberdene.

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The department of Transport and Human Settlement has since assured communities that it will attend to their service challenge.

Department spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya said MEC Siboniso Duma had promised to accelerate the rollout of road infrastructure across KZN.

Sibiya said the road in question was in fact the focus of the department as it moved forward.

He said Duma's stance was that no community must be left behind.

"The MEC appreciates the support from traditional leaders and all leaders of society over his past 400 days in office."

Sibiya said Duma was cognisant of department's challenges due to budget cuts that has impacted all government entities in the province and countrywide, leaving the department to do more with little.