Metro police minimise traffic congestion during load-shedding
JMPD officers deployed to control traffic congestion in the City of Johannesburg.
Traffic congestion in Johannesburg has been a nightmare lately due to load-shedding which affects traffic lights.
The Department of Public Safety has requested residents to exercise patience and cooperation during Eskom’s rolling blackouts. Metro police have intensified its traffic management operations by deploying more officers and traffic pointsmen in and around the city not only during peak hours but also during the day to ease traffic congestion.
Officers were deployed in various areas in the city to alleviate traffic congestion.
The increased frequency of @Eskom_SA #Loadshedding has placed strain on our resource deployment serving @CityofJoburgZA@JoburgMPD #TrafficWardens are deployed in the #InnerCity to reduce congestion due to #M2FullClosure
JMPD Operations will attempt to minimize impact elsewhere pic.twitter.com/oh7VTtKJWD
— Joburg Public Safety (@CoJPublicSafety) March 18, 2019
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.@JoburgMPD officers controlling traffic around the @CityofJoburgZAWe are doing our best to ease traffic congestion during the Eskom's blackouts.
Residents are requested to be patient and cooperative during these blackouts.#SaferJoburg pic.twitter.com/JjqvxZ6WS5
— Jo'burg Metro Police Department – JMPD (@JoburgMPD) March 18, 2019
MMC for Public Safety Michael Sun said the current Stage 4 rolling blackouts which commenced on 16 March left many traffic lights down, resulting in heavy traffic congestion. He added that some of the rolling blackouts were during peak hours when traffic flow was at its highest.
“Eskom’s load shedding/rolling blackouts have put unnecessary pressure on our already stretched Metro policing capacity. As of the morning of 18 March, we had deployed a total of 153 Metro police officers and traffic pointsmen across the city to direct traffic and this deployment is set to increase as we receive more complaints in the coming days,” said Sun.
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