SANRAL

The South African National Roads Agency Limited
Parent	Department of Transport
Website	www.sanral.co.za

The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd or SANRAL is a South African

National ("N") and some Provincial and Regional ("R") route segments.^[2]

History

SANRAL was created by The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 as a corporatized successor to the South African Roads Board, which was part of the Department of Transport.^[3] It was registered as a public limited company on 19 May 1998.^[4]

In 2011, SANRAL became the target of popular resentment [1] as tolling was about to commence on many of SANRAL's freeways in Gauteng, in order to finance their soon to be completed expansions, as part of the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project [2]. The GFIP was instituted to deal with the severe traffic congestion in Gauteng's freeways [3].

Governance

SANRAL's only shareholder is the state, represented by the

ex officio a non-voting member of the Board.^[6]

Operations

As of 2009 [update] SANRAL had 178 employees.

Free State and KwaZulu-Natal); and Southern Region (Eastern Cape).^[7] In 2009 the agency managed a total of 16,170 kilometres of roads,^[1]^: 14 and by 2014, more than 22,000 kilometers.^[8]

SANRAL's operations are divided into two broad categories, namely toll roads, which are self-funding, and non-toll roads, which are funded by transfers from the Department of Transport. In 2014 toll roads constituted 14% (c. 3,000 km) of its responsibilities, and non-toll roads 86% (c. 19,000 km).[8]

Some toll roads are concessions, privately funded and managed with supervision from SANRAL; these include the

N2 tolls on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, and the N1 tolls in the Free State and Limpopo. It also owns and operates toll roads which are not National Routes (but are Provincial Routes), with an example being the Brandford Toll Plaza on the R30 section of the R30/R730/R34 ZR Mahabane Highway north of Bloemfontein

.

Contributions to Palaeontology and modern science

In the mid-1980s, a road bypass was constructed around Grahamstown (now

Archaeopteris notosaria

, Africa's earliest woody tree. In addition to numerus undescribed taxa and those currently being described (Housed at the Devonian Ecosystems Lab, Albany Museum, Makhanda), Gess and his team still has decade's worth of work ahead from the excavated blocks that were rescued from the road works with the help of SANRAL.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Annual Report .09" (PDF). South African National Roads Agency Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ "SANRAL". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^ The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 7 of 1998), s. 61 (2).
^ "Enterprise details for The South African National Roads Agency". Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 7 of 1998), s. 3.
^ Transport Agencies General Laws Amendment Act, 2007 Archived 2010-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 42 of 2007), ss. 14–17.
^ "Contact Us". South African National Roads Agency Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Parly warns motorists that e-tolls are still due". The Citizen. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
^ Gess, Rorbert W (2002). "The Palaeoecology of a coastal Lagoon of the Witpoort Formation (Upper Devonian, Famennian) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa". Fort Hare University, South Africa. 1: 1–14.

External links

[ar-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Annual Report .09" (PDF). South African National Roads Agency Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

[sanralRolePlayers-2] "SANRAL". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.

[3] The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 7 of 1998), s. 61 (2).

[cipro-4] "Enterprise details for The South African National Roads Agency". Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

[5] The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 7 of 1998), s. 3.

[6] Transport Agencies General Laws Amendment Act, 2007 Archived 2010-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (Act No. 42 of 2007), ss. 14–17.

[7] "Contact Us". South African National Roads Agency Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

[citizen-8] "Parly warns motorists that e-tolls are still due". The Citizen. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[9] Gess, Rorbert W (2002). "The Palaeoecology of a coastal Lagoon of the Witpoort Formation (Upper Devonian, Famennian) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa". Fort Hare University, South Africa. 1: 1–14.

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