The City of Johannesburg has had to scrape together funding from other projects to fix Lilian Ngoyi Street in the CBD.
On Tuesday, Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda launched the rehabilitation programme for the street, formerly known as Bree Street, which is expected to cost R196 million.
Gwamanda, who said he had embraced his nickname "Gwami", opened the occasion seven months after the blast that killed one person and injured more than 40 others. But it was Transport MMC Kenny Kunene who drove the message home.