MEDIA ALERT

DATE 30 NOVEMBER 2004
TO ALL MEDIA
ATTENTION: NEWS EDITORS / REPORTERS

 
MEC BHEKI CELE OPENS R1,3 MILLION BRIDGE 

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Mr. Bheki Cele will officially open the Mpisi River Bridge in Maphumulo, near Stanger at 10am today.

This R1.3 million bridge will unite communities that have been divided by the river and make it possible for school children to attend school during the rainy season.

The bridge will also enable local residents as well as those from surrounding areas to access, among other things, the Maphumulo hospital and the magistrate's court.

Tomorrow, (01/12/2004), Cele will hand over R10 000 worth of equipment to four schools that participated in the department's Road Safety Participatory Education Techniques Project (PET).

PET is one of the initiatives undertaken by the KZN Department of Transport to raise road safety awareness at grassroots level by asking schools to identify road safety problems that have a negative impact on their communities.

 

Issued By:  Mawande Jubasi
Director: Media Liaison & Public Relations
KZN Department of Transport Community Safety and Liaison
Cell: 082 805 5748

 

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