Get ready for a six-hour commute from Joburg to Pretoria
Get ready for a six-hour commute between Johannesburg and Pretoria by 2037 if no more roads are built in Gauteng by then.
This according to Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) chief executive Coenie Vermaak. ETC collects tolls in Gauteng on behalf of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral).
“If no further roads are built (in the province) then the average speed by 2037 will be under 10km/h. That means you are going to drive six hours from Johannesburg to Pretoria,” he said.
Vermaak said the current average speed was four times faster, at just less than 45km/h.
“What we foresee is that instead of having peak-time traffic for about 90 minutes twice a day, you’re going to have peak-time traffic all day.
“People are going to be less productive.”
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