President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged communities to support the development of the N2 Wild Coast toll road (N2WCTR) project, which includes two mega bridges, stating that stoppages are counterproductive and not only costs contractors, but the entire country. “The very purpose they [infrastructure projects] are being built is to allow people, goods and services to reach you, our communities. We all lose when the projects are forced to stop or even have to shut down,” the President said on Thursday, during a visit to the Msikaba bridge, near Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape. Construction of the Mtenu bridge, about 64 km away at Lundini, had to be stopped, owing to violent protests related to the project. The former contractors, a joint venture of Strabag and Aveng, in early 2019 terminated their contract with the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral).
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