About

Gareth Edwards, PrEng

 

Gareth (Gary) Edwards is a professional civil engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation engineering field, registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa. His experience spans management, economic and financial analyses, transportation planning and traffic engineering — including integrated public transport systems, traffic safety studies, transport operational plans, road master planning, traffic impact studies, signal optimisation, corridor studies and parking studies.

Gareth (Gary) Edwards
PrEng · Founder & Principal
Consulting Traffic Engineer
01 — Experience

Career Summary

JUNE 2015 — PRESENT

Gary Edwards Traffic Engineering (Pty) Ltd.

Consulting Traffic Engineer

1997 — 2015 · 18 YEARS

AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd.

(previously BKS (Pty) Ltd.)
Executive — Transportation Planning and Operations Lead

JAN — AUG 1997

Spoornet

Engineer

02 — Capabilities

Key Experience & Skills

03 — Approach

Who We Work With

Since 2015, GETE has delivered traffic impact assessments, parking studies, site traffic assessments and related investigations on over 250 projects across Gauteng and beyond — working closely with private developers, town planners, schools, churches and childcare facilities, and guiding each project through the traffic engineering requirements of local, provincial and national road authorities.

Private Developers
Town Planners
Schools & Childcare
Churches

From large-scale residential and commercial developments to smaller community projects, GETE brings the technical rigour and local authority experience to keep approvals moving — with practical, authority-ready reports.

Gary has been involved in the update of the Linbro Park Road Master Plan, and has performed numerous traffic investigations in the Linbro Park area — giving him particular insight into the precinct’s road network and development requirements.

04 — Credentials

Professional Development

Registration

Registered as a Professional Engineer at the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
Company Reg No: 2015/285410/07
VAT No: 4790271524

Memberships

Engineering Council of SA, No. 20050184
South African Institute of Civil Engineers, No. 979115

Education

B(Hons) Traffic & Transport Engineering, University of Pretoria, 2000
BSc (Civil Engineering), Rand Afrikaans University, 1996

Software

Authorised reseller of SIDRA INTERSECTION software

B-BBEE Status

 Level 4 Contributor — 100% B-BBEE procurement recognition, per an Exempted Micro Enterprise sworn affidavit