As part of Hibiscus Coast municipality’s drive to speed up service delivery Her Worship the Mayor, Councillor Nomusa Mqwebu officially opened several infrastructure projects last week in several wards.

The activities of the day started at Oslo Beach where the Mayor officially cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the Allusand Road. The rehabilitation of this road included milling the existing surface, the base and the sub-base. Furthermore, this project included the construction of new layers.

It was also confirmed that there were also drainage improvements such as kerb laying, channels and sub-soils which were part of the project, which cost a sum of R3, 112,861.20. The municipality through its appointed Engineer, Naidu Consulting revamped a distance which is approximately 700 meters long and 6 meters wide. The municipality is of the view that the construction of this road will provide better access to all users of the road.

The procession then went to Margate to officially open another road known as Winston Avenue which cost a sum of R2, 145,736.50, 290 meters in length and 6 meters wide. Unlike Allusand Road, Winston Avenue was upgraded from gravel to blacktop which consisted of the improvement of horizontal alignment, drainage system and kerbing.

The last road project of the day was Ogle Road at Ramsgate. The municipality did not employ the services of an external provider, but the entire process through to construction was done by internal personnel. The project cost was R1, 195,198.8 covering 420 meters in length and 5, 5 meters wide.