My name is Daniel and I’ve been a resident of Alberton for the past 12 years.
I reside very near to where the Boma used to be.
As a resident and home owner, I would like to bring attention to the pathetic and messed up traffic light system we have in Alberton on practically all the roads, but mainly Ring Road East and West. Has nobody complained yet?
All the traffic lights on the two main roads are so out of sync that it takes a good 15 minutes to get through Alberton as it’s a stop and go effort.
Maybe it would be better to get rid of the traffic management lights and just install four-way stops. I can guarantee that traffic will be way better and run smoother.
From the time I leave my house to get to the highway it takes me a good seven minutes due to the three traffic lights I have to pass to get onto the highway and same applies for my home return where I have four sets of lights to go through. When one turns green the next, without a doubt turn red. There is no flow whatsoever.
Please, could I ask you to bring this to someone’s attention as urgently for them to sync the lights throughout the entire Alberton.
Daniel Kasperczak
“The traffic signals along the Ring Road system in Alberton were co-ordinated by professionals mid-2016. It is standard practice to only co-ordinate traffic signals that are close to each other and which need to improve the progression of the traffic. There is thus no need to co-ordinate traffic signals with each other throughout the Alberton area. (i.e the traffic signal at Hennie Alberts and Swartkoppies has no influence on the traffic signal at Kritzinger and Collin),” says Themba Gadebe, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality spokesperson.
“The traffic signals, however, only control right of way of the vehicles on the different approaches of an intersection and the geometric layout might have a restrictive effect on the performance of the traffic signal. Theft of the cable feeding power to the Voortrekker/ N12 interchange terminals had a major effect on traffic flow in the vicinity of the N12 interchange and roads leading there and as soon as the cable has been restored, Mr Kasperczak can expect that traffic flow will return back to normal again and he is welcome to liaise with the city’s Roads and Stormwater Department through the customer care centre in Alberton and if necessary or possible, the traffic signals along his route will be optimised to ensure optimum flow of traffic,” adds Gadebe.
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