Further road upgrades in the pipeline for DCT

There’s good news for the frustrated container haulage industry, currently losing lots of time and money trying to make their way to and from the Port of Durban container terminals. When the upgrade of Bayhead Road (the sole access to the terminals) to a dual carriageway is complete, another muchdesired road development is on the cards. According to information from the Ethekwini Maritime Cluster (EMC), the work on widening and realigning the Bayhead Road beyond the turnoff to Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 is continuing on schedule – and several new truck staging areas are also being prepared. But, said EMC, a further project looks set to follow the completion of the upgrade. This, it added, involves the building of the longdiscussed link road connecting the container terminals on Piers 1 and 2 with Edwin Swales VC Drive to the south. The major benefit of this would be to alleviate the heavy vehicle congestion on the Bayhead Road – and provide an extra access/ egress route for the container trucks currently jamming up the inadequate Old South Coast Road.