Key Ridge and Hammarsdale upgrade project, South Africa
Name of the Project
Key Ridge and Hammarsdale upgrade project.
Location
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Project Owner/s
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral).
Project Description
The project will upgrade the existing roadway to a five-lane divided dual carriageway starting in the south at Key Ridge, near the M13 interchange, at 2.8 km and continuing to just before the Hammarsdale Interchange at 8.83 km.
The project will be completed in three phases:
Phase 1 entails the widening of the existing northbound carriageway to accommodate five lanes of contraflow traffic – two lanes northbound and three lanes southbound.
Phase 2 involves the diversion of all traffic to the newly widened northbound carriageway and the construction of the new five-lane southbound carriageway as a greenfield project.
Phase 3 entails the diversion of all traffic to the newly built southbound carriageway and the construction of the new five-lane northbound carriageway as a greenfield project.
Potential Job Creation
In line with Sanral’s transformation objectives, at least R1.1-billion will be subcontracted to small-, medium-sized and microenterprises, while just over R392-million will be spent on local labour.
Capital Expenditure
R4.57-billion.
Planned Start/End Date
Construction started in May 2023 and is expected to take 51 months.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Not disclosed.
Contact Details for Project Information
FTI Consulting on behalf of Sanral, Lwando Mahlasela, cell +27 82 440 5305 or email pressoffice@nra.co.za.
Comments
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation