{
  "id": 6564409,
  "title": "Lilian Ngoyi Street: Morero says underground tunnels drove R192m cost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/lilian-ngoyi-street-morero-says-underground-tunnels-drove-r192m-cost",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T08:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-09-10-lilian-ngoyi-street-morero-says-underground-tunnels-drove-r192m-cost/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has challenged criticism of the R192 million cost of rehabilitating Lilian Ngoyi Street, saying the project cannot be judged by the road surface alone because extensive work has been carried out beneath the street.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "ONGOING PROJECT: City defends R230m Lilian Ngoyi Street rehab as reopening is pushed to late October",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/ongoing-project-city-defends-r230m-lilian-ngoyi-street-rehab-as",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:20:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}