Infrastructure

Johannesburg’s infrastructure is well developed to best serve its residents. Read on to learn more.

• There are 9247km of roads in Johannesburg, of which only 1040km is not tarred
• Seventy-one percent of the housing in Johannesburg is adequate
• There are 180 000 street lights
• There are 1 780 traffic lights
• There are 35 cemeteries
• There are 80 bus routes throughout the city that is serviced by 554 buses
• There are 100 water towers and reservoirs
• There are 9 500km of water pipes
• There are 9 000km of sewerage pipes
• The city has two active power stations, capable of generating 600mw (megawatts)
• The average travel time for commuters is 72 minutes
• Ninety percent of the city's people have to walk less than 1km to access their modes of transport
• Traffic congestion has increased by 26 percent since 1999

Nature

• There are 17 nature reserves in the city
• There are 12 river systems that run throughout the city
• There are six million trees in Johannesburg (1.2 million in parks and pavements, and 4.8 million in private homes)
• An amazing 40 percent of the entire world's human ancestor fossils have been found in areas adjoining the city
• Johannesburg has about150 heritage sites, half of which are national monuments
• There are 4 443ha of open veld
• There are 63ha of bird sanctuaries
• There are 87ha of nature trails
• There are 80ha of botanical gardens
• There are 106 dams

Facilities

• There are 394 public sports facilities
• There are 98 public recreation centres
• There are 59 public swimming pools
• There are 126 community health clinics and 10 environmental health clinics

Refuse

• The city collects 1.8million tons of garbage each year
• Of this, 244 200 is in the form of illegal dumping, and 1 779 tons is litter from the streets
• Thirteen percent of the city's waste is recycled