The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) is implementing Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) stations in Sandton on behalf of the City of Johannesburg’s Transport department.
The stations will be between Sandton Drive and Katherine Street. The project commencement is planned for October 2022. It will involve relocation of existing services, widening roadworks and a median station building when the roadworks has been advanced.
The site handover to the main contractor will initially focus on relocation of services in the road median and sidewalks including water, electrical, gas lines and fibre optic cables. The initial part of the project includes road widening in sections of the affected road for five to six months.
There are job opportunities for local labour and SMME during the project roll-out.
There will be designated traffic accommodation in place from the commencement of the construction and throughout the site activity. This is to protect and maintain a safe passage of traffic within the remaining part of the affected area, as well as pedestrian thoroughfare.
The project involves the erection of the BRT station building in the road median with two station modules like the one in Katherine Street. As well as at designated intervals along the BRT route that goes through the Wynberg, Balfour, Orange Grove, Berea area back to the Joburg CBD.
The new stations are to have dedicated BRT bus docking and bypass lanes in the road median on either side of the station and two outer mixed traffic lanes to maintain traffic around the station and pedestrian crossing to and from the Sandton mall.
The overall project of the Sandton stations is for a 15-month duration. The JDA will manage contractors, professional teams (traffic and environmental services), start dates and deliverables based on the scope of work.
Sandton is the economic hub of Johannesburg. The project team intends to form a project steering committee to include the contractors, City representatives and the various Sandton stakeholder formations.
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