Interim phase roadworks to start on Kommetjie Road

• Published date: 25 April 2024
• Author: Yolande Du Preez yolande.dupreez@acm.co.za
• Publication title: False Bay Echo

The upgrade of the 900m stretch between the Kommetjie Road Fire Station and the Capri and Faerie Knowe intersection, is intended to alleviate traffic congestion between Wood Road and Capri Drive and to improve traffic flow at the intersections of Chasmay, Pokela, and Lekkerwater Roads, said City of Cape Town speaker Felicity Purchase

Ms Purchase said during this interim phase, pending phase three, another lane will be constructed from the Capri and Faerie Knowe intersection past Living Hope up to Wood Road.

From Wood Road she said, the lane markings of the road will then be changed to create two lanes heading to the Capri and Faerie Knowe intersection on the Masiphumelele side of the Road.

She said the congestion is mainly caused by motorists stopping to let cars in from Lochiel, Pokela, Chasmay, and Lekkerwater Roads in Masiphumelele, as well as the Sunny Acres Centre.

To construct the lane, a portion of Erf 17776 that belongs to the Living Hope Trust will be used and construction of Living Hope’s new boundary wall is currently underway.

The old boundary wall will be removed once the new one has been completed to make way for the new lane.

The project will take approximately 55 weeks and is expected to be completed in June next year.

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She said the City was also in the process of acquiring properties in preparation for the future phase three of the project which will extend to Fish Eagle Park.

She said 250 trees had been removed in October last year to make way for the relocation of electrical cables which was completed in November last year.

Living Hope executive director Victor Thomas said the organisation was in favour of the development as it will have a positive impact on everyone in the far south, especially residents of Ocean View, Kommetjie, and Masiphumelele.

He said construction of the new boundary wall was under way and is expected to be completed in...