Heavy traffic heads for Limpopo
2006-04-14 18:25
Johannesburg - The N1 was the national road carrying the heaviest Easter weekend traffic out of Gauteng - 1 700 vehicles passed northern Pretoria in one hour on Friday morning.
On Thursday evening, counters for the department of transport tallied 3 700 vehicles heading for Polokwane.
Department spokesperson Collen Msibi said many of the commuters were Zion Christian Church members on their annual pilgrimage to Moria in Limpopo.
Msibi said that, on the N3 between Johannesburg and Durban, 1 300 vehicles passed Mooiplaas in one hour on Friday morning.
On Thursday evening, 1 700 vehicles passed Mooiplaas in one hour.
On the N1 southbound from Gauteng, Msibi said traffic was "just busier" with a count of about 900 vehicles an hour at Verkeerdevlei.
- SAPA