ALERT: CAUTION POTENTIAL FLOODING ON N12 HIGHWAY
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER!
20 KMS FROM THE ATLAS, BENONI OFF RAMP GOING
TOWARDS WITBANK, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, NELSPRUIT AND MOZAMBIQUE OR 20 KMS COMING
FROM THE DELMAS OFF RAMP GOING TOWARDS BENONI AND JOHANNESBURG
Vision may be minimal while
driving in heavy rain or at night. Water
levels had almost reached the N12 road and bridge height mid-morning today 11
November 2016. If there is continuous
rain, the water pans and gullies could flood onto the highway. The surrounding terrain for many kilometres
is very flat so the seepage would be gradual rather than cascading onto the
highway. When this happens cars going at
speed are likely to be involved in serious accidents.
THE N12 HIGHWAY IS
ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN SOUTH AFRICA
This road is used extensively by taxi and tour operators,
business people, and heavy duty vehicles.
This particular area is monitored daily by traffic officers for speeding
and are stationed at this particular low level water pan area daily trapping
speeding vehicles throughout the day.
Regular commuters will be familiar with this traffic speeding landmark. The potential flooding is half a kilometre
before the traffic speeding monitoring site coming from the Witbank / Kruger /
Nelspruit N12 side. The surrounding water
pans excess water runs under the highway bridge. The level of this water has now almost
reached the highway level.
DON’T TAKE UNNECESSARY RISKS – CONSIDER
AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE VIA THE R50 – ACCESS OFF THE DELMAS OFF RAMP WHICH HAS A
ROUTE TO AND FROM BENONI, KEMPTON PARK, IRENE, CENTURION AND PRETORIA
