Jhb Mayor wants rethink over Lilian Ngoyi Street reconstruction

Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero has requested the City Manager and the COO to rethink the reconstruction of Lilian Ngoyi Street.

This after the underground gas explosion ripped through a portion of the street in July last year.

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It was revealed that methane gas was the cause of the explosion.

One person was killed as a result of the explosion and 48 others were injured. Morero says they don’t have to continue to reconstruct the road but rather build safer places for residents.

“I’ve got a view that probably we should not continue to be building for cars but we should be building safer places for our residents. And you’d know that the bulk of that area that explosion happened is actually residential. But I think we’ll come back with a proper announcement soon, whether we continue to rebuild the road or perhaps we should look at building a park so that children have activities there. And remember, it’s part of the programme of rejuvenating the City, rethinking the City. If you’re rejuvenating and rethinking the City, I don’t think it will be rethinking the City if we continue to rebuild the road.”