‘Kloof Road has been closed for over three years now and I am happy to announce that within the next seven weeks, residents and visitors will be able to use this road once again. I visited the site with the local Ward Councillor Nicola Jowell on Thursday to see what still needs to be done, and I can confirm that all is on track to open the road by mid-December. This is our target date. I want to thank the local community and commuters for their patience and support during this time. It has been a long wait, but the end is in sight,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas.

Kloof Road links the City Bowl with the Atlantic Seaboard suburbs of Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point. The road falls within the Table Mountain National Park.

‘Early this year, we undertook a search and rescue exercise to locate and exhume indigenous plant species and took a variety of clippings. These were looked after at a nursery, and I am very pleased to say that the transplanting of the clippings on the reconstructed slopes has started,’ said Councillor Quintas.

To date, the contractor has installed soil nails and constructed gabion walls at the base of both slope failures and reinstated the slopes up to road level. The gabions serve as a retaining structure to support the slopes and the road above. New stormwater infrastructure has been installed, the stormwater culverts have been upgraded, and the majority of the cobble channels have been rehabilitated.

‘I want to remind the public that we are only repairing what has been damaged, and cannot add improvements such as walking and cycling lanes. The road remains closed while we are finalising the remainder of the work. I want to thank the project team for their efforts in ensuring we keep to the timelines to keep Capetonians moving,’ said Councillor Quintas.            

• The section between Kloof Nek Road and Round House Road has been closed to traffic since the long weekend of 24 September 2023 in the interest of public safety after the embankment supporting Kloof Road was destabilised, making it unsafe to carry a load.
• Further damage occurred in 2024 when heavy rainfall caused an additional slip failure during the winter season.