The Motherwell Passenger Rail Corridor (MPRC), one of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) largest rail projects, will have a major economic impact, with significant benefits, says multidisciplinary engineering and architecture company GIBB railway engineering associate Nico Pienaar. Designed by GIBB, the MPRC, in the Eastern Cape, will generate economic activity in the region and will potentially create many employment opportunities, Pienaar tells Engineering News.