Faced with a tight R70m infrastructure allocation across 282 rural villages, the Nyandeni local municipality is overhauling its approach to road building by ditching easily washed-away gravel for durable concrete and paving blocks.
Outgoing mayor Viwe Ndamase highlighted that continuous repairs to flood-damaged gravel roads were financially unsustainable, prompting a technical, engineering-led strategy to safeguard connectivity in steep and flood-prone terrain.
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