Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP)

R22-billion will be spent in the next seven years on upgrading and expanding Gauteng's freeway system. The N1 Ben Schoeman highway will get an additional lane in each direction and two lanes will be added to the R21 highway in each direction as part of the planned expenditure, which involves 500km of road. All the freeways included in the project would be tolled after 2010 by means of an electronic billing system. The expenditure up to 2010 will largely be used to upgrade the R21 from the N1 to the N12 in Ekurhuleni; the N1 from the R21 split to the Buccleuch interchange; the N1 ring road around Johannesburg to the Golden Highway; and a small section to relieve traffic pressure around Nasrec and link the N17 with northern Soweto, this link will be known as the Nasweto Highway and this portion will cost approx R360-million. There will be minor upgrades to the M1 from the Buccleuch interchange towards Johannesburg and sections of the R24 and the N12 near OR Tambo International Airport, in Gauteng.