Responding in a recent written parliamentary Q&A, Mbalula said that a large volume of traffic has migrated from rail to road which has led to significantly increased road freight volumes.
In a February address, Mbalula said that 80% of South Africa’s roads have reached the end of their design life. “Amongst the many challenges we seek to tackle, we remain burdened with the intractable challenge of the road maintenance backlog,” he said.
improve public transport and better and clean train services with working security, then traffic will be less.
That’s why some governements plan their stuff every year in anticipation of growth