The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the infrastructure development arm of the City of Johannesburg, has added to its over 1 000 implemented projects following handing over of the new state-of-the-art Drieziek Public Transport Facility.
The Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Transport in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Funzela Ngobeni, recently led the handover.
The City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department appointed the JDA to implement a new public transport facility to symbolise the organic movement of the public transport industry in Orange Farm, Region G. The JDA began construction in October of 2018 and, in 2021, completed the Drieziek public transport facility, which now stands as an all-weather and aesthetically pleasing transport facility.
The facility features 37 holding bays, 42 loading bays, ten wash bays, private car parking, 22 trader stalls, ablution facilities (male, female and disabled), and a public square for traders and a sitting area.
The Drieziek public transport facility will provide local communities who primarily depend on public transport to places of work, education, and many public amenities, mainly in the Orange Farm and Stretford area, from this facility.
Located on Milife Street, the facility is innovative, dense, and has an easy-to-use public transport infrastructure that is functional, sustainable, and durable.
The facility will also stimulate the local economy through employment opportunities through trading stalls. The JDA ensured that the traders’ stalls accommodated informal traders selling wet and dry goods.
The square and stalls were integrated through paved and covered walkways, creating a seamless unobstructed pedestrian flow. Access from the surrounding areas will be possible on clearly marked crossings.
The JDA’s Executive Manager: Project Implementation, Siyabonga Genu, said: “The JDA’s implementation of the Drieziek public transport facility also serves as another example of how infrastructure projects can bring enormous change to the local economy and stimulate economic growth.”
In the project, 11 SMMEs landed contracts to the value of R8.5 million and 37 labourers earned over R2 million during the construction.
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