The construction of approximately three kilometres of additional lanes on Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg in Noordhoek, Cape Town, commenced yesterday and will take around 20 months to complete.
City of Cape Town MMC for Transport and Urban Development, Brett Heron, said that existing lanes would temporarily be narrowed to create additional space on the shoulders of roads where the new lanes would be built. As a result of the narrowing, traffic will move more slowly along those sections.
“Apart from the road construction, we will also relocate and upgrade the underground services such as water mains, electric cabling and stormwater infrastructure,” said Heron. “Some of the work will be done at night to reduce the impact on the flow of traffic where these services cross roadways.”
The City is looking into the possibility of appointing points-men at the busiest intersections during peak hour traffic periods to assist with traffic control as well as creating temporary bypasses in the adjacent neighbourhood of Sunnydale.
