Department Of Transport Roads, South Africa has a road network of 750 000km’s, the tenth longest network in the world
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is currently managing about 21 403 km’s, of which 84 percent are non-tolled and only 16 percent are tolled
Provinces manage about 47 348 km’s whereas 51 682km’s is managed by municipalities
The blocking on road infrastructure is estimated at R197b
| Table. An overview of the South African road network | |||
| Authority | Paved | Gravel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanral | 21 403 | 0 | 21 403 |
| Provinces – 9 | 47 348 | 226 273 | 273 621 |
| Metros – 8 | 51 682 | 14 461 | 66 143 |
| Municipalities | 37 691 | 219 223 | 256 914 |
| Total | 158 124 | 459 957 | 618 081 |
| Un-Proclaimed (Estimate | 131 919 | 131 919 | |
| Estimated Total | 158 124 | 591 876 | 750 000 |
* rounded estimate
How South Africa’s road network compares to the world
- South Africa has the 10th Longest Total (750 000 Road Length) and 18th Longest Paved Road Network in the World
- Roads represent one of the largest public infrastructure investments in the most countries
- South African Road Replacement Cost is R2 Trillion
Through the S’hamba Sonke Programme
- 1100 km’s of surafced road were rehabilitated
- 3000 km’s of surfaced roads sealed
- 3926 km’s of roads gravelled
- We patched more than 1.4 million squares metres of potholes
- 147 00 km’s of roads bladed and
- 30 billion rand to create over 23 500 fulltime equivalent jobs in the 2014/15 financial year spent
- There are over 6 million more vehicles on our roads today than they were in 1994. The traffic looks set to continue growing – much of it on roads that are already operating at close to capacity during busy periods
Roads Service offerings
- Regulate road traffic management
- Ensure the maintenance and development of an integrated road network through the development of standards and guidelines and oversight of the road agencies and provincial road expenditure