CAPE TOWN. – The City of Cape Town wants to finally complete the city's notorious incomplete freeways at the Foreshore and develop the area with new infrastructure and housing.
Geordin Hill-Lewis, mayor, has announced plans for the so-called Foreshore Precinct Project.
The proposed development includes a new bridge that will connect the incoming freeway with Helen Suzman Boulevard. A tunnel for outgoing traffic is also planned.
The existing outgoing elevated freeway will according to the plan eventually be removed to make way for a promenade, parks and other public spaces.
A new residential neighbourhood with affordable housing, pedestrian-friendly streets and public spaces is planned as part of the development. About 15 hectares of land that is currently undeveloped will according to the City be made available for further development.
The project will be developed in two phases. The City says it will aim to maintain existing traffic flow as much as possible during construction.
The project is still in the planning phase. A public participation process must first take place before final designs and detailed engineering plans are developed. Final costs have also not yet been determined.
The incomplete freeways at the Cape Foreshore date from the 1970s.
Source: City of Cape Town
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
