{"id":44735,"date":"2024-12-09T06:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/padkontrakteur-het-week-20241204-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:33:23","slug":"padkontrakteur-het-week-20241204-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/padkontrakteur-het-week-20241204-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Padkontrakteur het week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Langer as \u2019n jaar al moet motoriste op verskeie paaie in die Saldanhabaai- munisipale gebied op ongemerkte teerpaaie ry weens \u2019n konstruksieprojek wat nie ten volle voltooi is nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die paaie sluit in die pad uit Vredenburg tot by die Hopefield-kruising (R45), die Orex-pad (tussen die R45 en die pad verby Tronox) en die pad tussen Saldanha en Langebaan (MR559).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Met <i>Weslander<\/i> se aanvanklike navrae in September is vinnig-vinnig padmerke om die T-aansluiting by SFF op die MR559 aangebring, maar ook nie veel verder nie. 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