{"id":235551,"date":"2018-04-04T10:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=235551"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:54:58","slug":"warning-joburg-lane-closures-as-m2-highway-undergoes-r30-million-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/235551\/warning-joburg-lane-closures-as-m2-highway-undergoes-r30-million-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Joburg lane closures as M2 highway undergoes R30 million rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has advised motorists to consider alternative routes from today (4 April) as it begins a R30 million rehabilitation works on the Kaserne Bridge section of the M2 Motorway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of the scheduled scope of works, the M2 eastbound, M2 westbound and Mooi Street off-ramp will be affected with phased works,&#8221; the JRA said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The project will include repairs to bridge joints, bearings, corbel and replacement of guardrails, stolen road furniture and concrete works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temporary Lane Closures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The JRA said it has closed the fast lane on the M2 eastbound for rehabilitation works and that the lane will remain closed provisionally for the next <strong>six-months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists travelling along these affected routes are also advised to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Move to the slow lanes<\/li>\n<li>Travel at a safe distance and reduced speed upon entry into the construction area<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of construction workers on site<\/li>\n<li>Adhere to traffic guidelines, flag persons and signages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/235431\/gauteng-motorists-could-lose-licenses-for-not-paying-e-tolls-under-new-laws-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauteng motorists could lose licenses for not paying e-tolls under new laws: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has announced it will be spending R30 million to rehabilitate part of the highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":142353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-235551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235551"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235565,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235551\/revisions\/235565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}