Struggling business owners along Lillian Ngoyi Street, former Bree Street, hope they will get their customers back and things will be back to normal as construction is expected to finally come to completion after the 2023 explosion.
The deadline for the completion of the road was last week Saturday and Joburg Mayor Dada Morero was on Monday expected to celebrate the completion of phase one and announce the start of phase two.
Latest reports show that the first phase of the rehabilitation project has cost the city R64m, with the total project estimated at R192m.