City improves road safety for pedestrians with new bridge in Lentegeur
21 November 2023
Today, 21 November 2023, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for the Urban Mobility Directorate, Councillor Rob Quintas joined the team responsible for the construction of the new pedestrian bridge in Lentegeur to see how this bridge will benefit the local community. This new bridge is situated in the vicinity of Watergate Estate in Lentegeur, and will provide a safe railway crossing to pedestrians and access to the new MyCiTi station that will be located along AZ Berman Drive. Read more below:
The City of Cape Town started with the construction of this pedestrian bridge in November last year and successfully completed the project within 12 months. The bridge is situated south of the R300 and west of AZ Berman Drive in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain. The closest formal streets are Moses Kottler Crescent and Portulaca Street, Watergate Estate.
‘The location was originally used as an informal railway crossing, however we needed to ensure the safety of these commuters in this vicinity of Lentegeur. Our Urban Mobility Directorate then conceptualised the design of the bridge and constructed the infrastructure over the last year. It gave me great pleasure to see the impressive pedestrian bridge today especially the quality of the infrastructure. It is a relief that this pedestrian bridge has become a reality and will now provide a safe railway crossing to pedestrians who need to access the areas on the other side of the railway tracks; as well as access to the new MyCiTi station that will be located along AZ Berman Drive.
Once the MyCiTi service is operating in these parts of Mitchells Plain, the Lentegeur pedestrian bridge will also facilitate access to the Sesame MyCiTi station that will be located about 400m away along AZ Berman Drive, opposite the Watergate Mall and Mitchells Plain Hospital.
Facts about the Lentegeur pedestrian bridge:
• It provides a safe and universally accessible pathway for pedestrians to cross the railway tracks at this location
• concrete walls, parallel to the railway track on either side of the rail line, will be installed by Prasa to ensure pedestrians use the overhead bridge
• the stairways and footpaths leading to the bridge are well-lit to improve visibility at night
• CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor the area and improve safety, these are linked to the Transport Management Control Centre
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Published by:
City of Cape Town, Media Office
