Transporting Hazardous Cargo on SA’s Roads
South Africa’s national roads are increasingly carrying the burden of transporting hazardous cargo, a trend primarily driven by the decline of the country’s rail system. This shift is particularly evident along key transport corridors such as the N3 Toll Route, linking Gauteng’s industrial centre with KwaZulu-Natal, and the Durban Port, considered the premier gateway for […]
EWT and N3TC team up to save wildlife from becoming casualties on the N3 Toll Route
Stretching between KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the N3 Toll Route passes through a wide range of habitats – grasslands, freshwater ecosystems, wetlands, and agricultural land. These open landscapes and farm fields teeming crops, naturally attract wildlife—including mammals, owls, and raptors—bringing them dangerously close to this busy highway. Conservation efforts show promise In 2014, N3TC and the […]
Driving health and wellness on the N3 Toll Route
When the N3 Toll Concession was launched in 1999, N3TC developed an incident reporting information system (IRIS) to collect, collate and analyse data from incidents occurring on the N3 Toll Route. Insights based on data collected over more than 26 years underline a stark reality: human factors are the biggest threats to safety, convenience, and […]