This was said by JRA spokesperson Bertha Peters-Scheepers when responding to Fourways Review’s inquiry about a faulty robot timing system at the William Nicol Drive and Fourways Boulevard intersection.
A Fourways motorist alerted this paper to the faulty traffic lights which were only showing green for 15 seconds for traffic on the busy William Nicol Drive. Peters-Scheepers attributed the problem to a faulty timing system which she said was manually corrected by her technicians.
She added that the upgrades would include the fitting of a Remote Monitoring System on all robots to automatically monitor and report traffic signal faults to the Traffic Management Centre.
Peters-Scheepers said 75 percent of the city’s traffic signals were fitted with this system and uninterrupted power supply units had been installed to deal with the challenges of load-shedding.
JRA had also installed CCTV security cameras at 35 locations which were notorious for traffic signal vandalism. She said the cameras were monitored by 24/7 response teams.
