THE Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd company (Bakwena) held its media engagement as part of preparing for the Easter Holidays and implementation of state of the art security cameras.
It also focused on core business of Bakwena, the painful toll tariffs and maintenance and operations of roads, safety, contract, amongst others.
In his presentation the Chief Operating Officer Solomon Kganyago said, as a private company their task is to finance, construct, maintain and upgrade the N1N4 toll route through the payment of tolls. Bakwena is in a 30-year public private partnership contract with SANRAL.
“With the forthcoming Easter Holidays upon us, we as Bakwena will be going all out to make sure all the corridors we operate on, are well maintained, safe and secure. Motorists are encouraged to plan their journeys ahead of time and adhere to the rules and regulations of the road and respect all road users,” said the bespectacled Kganyago.
“Road safety is one of Bakwena’s key pillars and Bakwena has implemented additional measures including partnering with various law enforcement authorities to ensure the safety of motorists travelling the route. To enhance safety, Bakwena, in collaboration with Motus Corporation and Renault South Africa and law enforcement authorities will deploy an additional 6 vehicles for visible policing and crash and road user assistance over this busy period..
On the issue of toll tariffs, he alluded that as part of their contract, they use their own funds to carry out all construction, maintenance and operation activities and generate revenue through toll fees.
The corridor straddles between the N1 and N4 and is 385 km , the N1 section starts from Pretoria to Bela Bela(Limpopo) and the N4 portion begins from Pretoria westward through Rustenburg in the North West province to Skilpadhek at the Botswana border.
The Bakwena N4 route forms part of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor running through Botswana and ending at Walvis Bay, Namibia, coupled with Maputo Development Corridor (N4 between Pta and Maputo), the route is a key trade corridor within the SADC region.
The corridor has 17 toll plaza (6 mainline+11 ramps plazas) with some 210 000 vehicles pass daily through the N1N4 toll plazas.
Kganyago, also pointed out their contract with SANRAL comes to an end in 2031, and the government (SANRAL) will decide on what happens beyond contract expiry.
Image Jacob Mawela (Bakwena Concessionaire COO Solomon Kganyago, addressing media at their offices on readiness ahead of Easter (Holydays). He’s seen with CEO, Simon Everitt, on far left).
