Jip de Jager Drive upgrade, a beautiful success
10 April 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Mayoral Committee Member, Councillor Rob Quintas, together with the project team visited Jip de Jager Drive in Welgemoed, Bellville earlier this week. Jip de Jager Drive was recently successfully upgraded into a dual carriageway; a much welcomed upgrade which has eased traffic congestion in the area. The City officials were joined by representatives from the Welgemoed Community Improvement District (WCID) who helped ensure that the project was rounded off with the appropriate landscaping elements.
‘We are grateful to the community of Welgemoed as a whole for the patience and support they displayed while this major upgrade of Jip de Jager Drive was under way. It is evident that road users are enjoying the new lanes, which assist in easing traffic congestion in the area and keep Cape Town moving. I want to thank the City project team and contractor for the meticulous implementation of these major roadworks; their experience and commitment to completing the project as efficiently as possible was evident throughout,’ said Councillor Rob Quintas, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility.
The project team managed to successfully complete this major project by 15 March 2025, very close to the indicated completion date, despite various project challenges.
The extent of the construction completed with this project was immense as it entailed the following:
The dualling of Jip de Jager Drive from Kommissaris Street to Van Riebeeckshof Road, covering a distance of 2,3km
Upgrade of three existing signalised intersections along Jip de Jager Drive at Kommissaris Street; Pandoer Street; and Jameson Road with dedicated turning lanes to improve traffic flow
Construction of walking and cycling lanes on both sides of the dual carriageway
The extension of a pedestrian culvert at Welgemoed Golf Course
The construction of retaining walls for a section adjacent to Kommandeur Street
New embayments for buses and minibus-taxis
The WCID, with its own horticulturist, has been planting indigenous plants at two identified sections along Jip de Jager Drive and a total of 60 trees have been planted to replace those removed due to road widening.
‘Our project team, in partnership with WCID and the City Parks branch, also determined the hydroseed mixture to align with the community requests and ensured that the trees were replaced along the road as we promised it would be. We thank WCID and various community members for their passion and for being the active citizens that you are,’ said Councillor Quintas.
Caption 4: Pictured here are the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas and Ward Councillor, Ronel Viljoen, along with the City’s Urban Mobility project team and representatives from Cornfield Construction and the City’s Recreation and Parks Department.
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
