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Saxdowns road in Kuils River now open to commuters

15th December 2016

By: African News Agency

  

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Kuils River near Cape Town has a new bridge after the Saxdowns road and bridge was officially opened to traffic on Thursday, the City of Cape Town’s transport authority said.

The 1.8 km section of Saxdowns road features a new 25 m bridge which stretches over the Bottelary river.

The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport for Cape Town, Councillor Brett Herron, said there have been some technical issues which had delayed the opening of the road slightly, but that these had now largely been resolved.

In a statement, Herron said: “I am confident that the new road infrastructure will assist in alleviating the worst peak-hour traffic congestion in this area, as this new section of Saxdowns road provides commuters with an alternative route to Langverwacht road, Bottelary road (M23) and Old Paarl road (M101). All of these routes are heavily congested during the peak-hour periods. The new road infrastructure will also relieve the traffic volumes on Amandel and Van Riebeeck roads (R102).”

The section of Saxdowns road between the intersections of Helderrant road and Church Street had been closed to prevent “rat-running” which saw motorists using secondary roads to bypass traffic congestion through the adjacent suburbs of Haasendal, Amandalrug and Rouxville, but Herron, said this section had been reopened as the practice should now be a thing of the past.

“The traffic signals at the intersection of Bottelary and Saxdowns roads have been significantly upgraded and additional turning lanes have been added at this intersection, as well as at the intersection of Saxdowns and Sandalwood roads. I am confident that these measures will also significantly improve traffic flow and movement in the immediate suburbs and in the greater Kuils River area,” Herron said.

Street lights have also been provided, a pedestrian sidewalk constructed, while the shoulders of the new road have been set at 1.2 m wide to make the road user-friendly for cyclists.

The changes made to the road promoted the City’s nonmotorised transport strategy and goals.

Edited by African News Agency

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