Johannesburg Roads Agency

Rigid streets leave little room for adaptability or streamlining. Once the task of snaking through the congested Hendrik Potgieter Road detour is complete, ...

Another suggestion posed to JRA was the possibility of making Shearwater Road and Sterretjie Street temporary one-way streets, as this may alleviate delays caused by giving way to large oncoming vehicles. “The province will be implementing weight restrictions along those roads soon that will restrict vehicles over five tons from using residential streets. These will determine whether there is a need for revised traffic signal timings at the intersection.” When approaching said intersection, a makeshift off-road path is being cut by motorists taking a short cur between Van Staden Road and Van Dalen Road South. Along with the traffic lights, the biggest complaint remains the large trucks squeezing through the detour. Once the task of snaking through the congested Hendrik Potgieter Road detour is complete, the final obstacle is the traffic lights on Johan Road at the corners of Sterretjie Street and Shearwater Road.