Five new roads have already been added to Cape Town’s road network since the City Council endorsed the Congestion Management Programme.
In December 2015 the City committed to spending an additional R750m over a period of five financial years on road infrastructure projects to alleviate the worst congestion pressure points in Cape Town.
A congestion study prioritised Blaauwberg, Kuils River, and Kommetjie as the worst affected areas. Officials from COCT's Transport and Urban Development Authority (TDA) subsequently identified missing road network links or roads that should be turned into dual carriageways to relieve congestion at these hotspots. Other proposed interventions included capacity improvements at busy intersections and interchanges.
An amount of R481m is budgeted for congestion relief projects over the next three financial years, starting on 1 July 2018. In April 2017 it was estimated that there is a R5bn backlog in roads infrastructure projects across the city.
The city’s mayoral committee member for transport and urban development, councillor Brett Herron, says: "The Western Cape Provincial Government has also made significant investments in improvements along the N1 and N2 freeways, and is also planning major upgrades along the N7 corridor."
