Today, 23 March 2017, sees the City of Cape Town’s executive mayor, Patricia de Lille, the MEC for Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, and SANRAL Western Cape regional manager, Kobus van der Walt, officially opening these new R60m R300/Bottelary interchanges.
As part of the City’s organisational development and transformation plan (ODTP), last year the administration took a bold step to establish the Transport and Urban Development Authority, known as TDA Cape Town, by combining the functions of transport, urban development, and elements of human settlements into one sphere of control with the aim of reversing the effects of apartheid spatial planning.
TDA Cape Town will be responsible for ensuring greater collaboration between investment into transport infrastructure and urban development and ensuring that the city becomes more connected and integrated where residents have greater access to transport, economic opportunities, and affordable and inclusive residential opportunities.
These new connections will go a long in alleviating pressure on two of the city’s most important arterials, Van Riebeeck and Bottelary Roads.
This project has demonstrated how partnerships are vital to achieving progress and responding to the needs of residents in ways that benefit them and connect them to economic opportunities.
The City has contributed 52% of the construction cost (R31 million) and the Western Cape Government contributed 48% (R29 million), while SANRAL purchased the land required for the new interchange.
