Gauteng motorists have complained that road-markings on provincial roads are in a poor state, the Automobile Association of SA said on Friday."The AA has recently had an influx of complaints to their call centre regarding the lack of road markings on SA roads," spokesman Gary Ronald said in a statement.
The majority of complaints were from Gauteng, specifically on provincial roads such as the N14, R511 Diepsloot area and the R562, he said.
These came after the introduction of a fuel levy in February by then finance minister Trevor Manuel, who has since been appointed Minister in the Presidency National Planning Committee.
The levy was to be given to metropolitan councils to fund road maintenance and new projects.
"The announcement was welcomed by the AA at the time, but a concern was raised around the transparency of process and that the public would need to see where their money was being spent."
Ronald asked what was being done with the funding and where the results were. he said that, with the recent rainy weather, road markings would be an "excellent" place to start.
"It is not an expensive exercise. [It is] one that will be clearly visible and will undoubtedly contribute to safer road use for all," Ronald said.
Source : Sapa /tn/clh
Date : 12 Jun 2009 16:00
