Far South showcases new Kommetjie Road

17 August 2020

Alderman Felicity Purchase, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, visited Kommetjie Road in the Far South on Friday, 14 August 2020. This project is one of the City’s congestion management interventions, and was recently completed after nearly four years. The investment in this project amounts to approximately R256 million and will assist with congestion relief for road users in the Far South.

Caption 1: The Kommetjie Road Project commenced in October 2016 and was completed last month at an investment of approximately R256 million. A very important aspect of the project was the creation of safe facilities for pedestrians and cyclists as can be seen in the photo. There are now walkways for pedestrians along Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg as many residents from this area walk to their destinations..

Caption 2: All-in-all the Kommetjie Road Project entailed roadworks covering a distance of approximately 3,5 km. It included, among others, the upgrade of Kommetjie Road (M65) to a four-lane dual-carriageway between Capri Drive and Corsair Way, and the rehabilitation of the existing roadway; the upgrade of Ou Kaapse Weg (M6) to a four-lane dual-carriageway between Noordhoek Main Road and Kommetjie Road, and the rehabilitation of the existing roadway; the upgrade of the intersection at Ou Kaapse Weg and Silvermine Road to improve the sight distance for road users; and the upgrade of the four signalised intersections with additional turning lanes to improve the capacity and flow of traffic at Kommetjie Road and Capri Drive; Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg; Ou Kaapse Weg and Buller Louw Boulevard; and at Ou Kaapse Weg and Noordhoek Main Road.

Caption 3 and 4: Alderman Felicity Purchase, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, visited Kommetjie Road on Friday, 14 August 2020, together with local community leaders to view the completed project which also included new landscaping. Red flowering gum trees, Corymbia (Eucalyptus) ficifolia were planted to replace the gum trees that were removed to make way for the wider roads. The species is suited to the climate and will provide shade and wind protection; it is not a listed alien invasive tree and can withstand the harsh growing environment.

Also, some of the plants road users will notice along the roads and at the islands are 100 exotic non-invasive gum trees, 650 indigenous trees, and 500 indigenous shrubby trees; 5 000 indigenous shrubs; 50 000 indigenous groundcover plants; and sour fig cuttings.

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