Engineering Project Provides Traffic Flow Relief

Finally handed back to the City of Cape Town by the contractors mid-last year, the Kommetjie Road upgrade in the city’s far southern suburbs took four years to complete.

- Gareth Griffiths

Speaking on behalf of the City, Alderman Felicity Purchase, the Mayoral Committee Member for Transport advised that the project was one of the City’s congestion management interventions.

“The investment in this project amounts to approximately R256 million and will assist with congestion relief for road users in the far South,” she said.

In summary, the Kommetjie Road Project entailed roadworks covering a distance of approximately 3.5km. 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.