The Metropolis of Cape City has introduced a month of highway resurfacing from Sea Level to Camps Bay, a stretch infamous for visitors bottlenecks throughout peak summer season season.
In line with the Metropolis, roadworks will happen in Sea Level, Fresnaye, Bantry Bay and Camps Bay, and run from 29 January to twenty-eight February 2026, climate allowing.
Work will happen between 07:00 and 17:00 from Monday to Saturday, with evening work deliberate on some roads.
The Atlantic Seaboard mission kinds a part of routine upkeep geared toward extending the lifespan of the Metropolis’s highway community.
Nonetheless, commuters and residents can count on delays, lane restrictions and elevated congestion throughout the works. The Metropolis has additionally warned that some noise shall be unavoidable, notably throughout evening operations.
Cape City is well-known for its visitors congestion, and was lately voted the sixth most-congested metropolis on the planet.
Why peak summer season months for highway resurfacing?
Mayco member for City Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas, stated the timing is especially pushed by climate constraints.
“The Metropolis’s Street Infrastructure administration groups are working arduous to get to as a lot of this necessary highway upkeep work whereas the solar continues to be out and the climate situations are beneficial,” Quintas stated.
“We ask that the general public stay affected person whereas these initiatives are beneath approach as we’ve a restricted time period throughout the 12 months the place we are able to push to finish as a lot of this work as doable.”
Residents are urged to plan different routes the place doable and permit further journey time, particularly throughout peak hours.
Roads affected embody:
Bordeaux Avenue
Solomons Street
St Denis Avenue
Friars Street
Clifford Street
Lilson Street
Northumbria Street
Higher Deane Street
Firmount Street
Higher Rhine Street
Ilkley Crescent
Corridor Street
Norfolk Street
Alexander Street
Seaside Street
Albany Street
Ocean View Drive
St Denims Avenue
Alexandra Avenue
Le Croix Avenue
Monastery Street
Disandt Avenue
Ave Protea Avenue
Rochester Street
Arcadia Shut
The Ridge Street
Maidens Cove
1st Crescent
Hove Street
Ingleside Street
Medburn Street
Sedgemoor Street
Strathmore Street
The Cheviots Street
The Fairway
Theresa Avenue
Beta Street
Fiskaal Street
What the roadworks will entail
Full width resurfacing
Alternative and set up of kerbs and channels
Elevating of manholes to completed highway ranges
Alternative of broken or lacking service covers, catchpits and grid covers
Reinstatement of broken kerb inlets
Cleansing of stormwater infrastructure
Localised repairs to concrete, cobble and block-paved roads.
“This mission kinds a part of common upkeep to lengthen the longevity of the town’s highway community to maintain Cape City shifting,” Quintas added.
“Residents can stay up for recent roads very quickly.”
