Cape Town has a plan for its infamous unfinished freeway

Diesal

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But there are two ends of the highway,

traffic is still a nightmare as you get into the CBD from the highway - so why not just finish the bridge?

Edit: Waltons will just have to deal with the new road next to their 4th floor
 
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spiff

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wasn't it intended to be a direct by-pass to the N1?

if so - it would then help with traffic congestion?

so why talk about pulling it down - that costs money! - as it is now, it's not costing anything.
 

JStrike

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wasn't it intended to be a direct by-pass to the N1?

if so - it would then help with traffic congestion?

so why talk about pulling it down - that costs money! - as it is now, it's not costing anything.

That area has a negative economic impact on the City. It needs to be fixed. Completing them as planned (which doesn't seem to be an option) would make the problem worse.
 

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wasn't it intended to be a direct by-pass to the N1?

if so - it would then help with traffic congestion?

so why talk about pulling it down - that costs money! - as it is now, it's not costing anything.

Its supposed to link the N2/N3 with Green Point / Sea point.

It would be really great to fly over that Buitenkant intersection instead of having to fight with the town and waterfront traffic.
 

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Its supposed to link the N2/N3 with Green Point / Sea point.

It would be really great to fly over that Buitenkant intersection instead of having to fight with the town and waterfront traffic.
That was the idea. Now there are hotels in the way.

That intersection is one of the biggest in Cape Town, I think. Something like 11 phases.

Keen for them to do something with this unfinished part. As long as the something is not just filtering more traffic into that same crazy intersection.
 

Garson007

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Get a map with all the roads removed and start planning the best road network. After that you can look at reusing old infrastructure.
 

Nerfherder

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That was the idea. Now there are hotels in the way.

That intersection is one of the biggest in Cape Town, I think. Something like 11 phases.

Keen for them to do something with this unfinished part. As long as the something is not just filtering more traffic into that same crazy intersection.
One building is close but not in the way.
They will have to shorten some trees though
 

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Its supposed to link the N2/N3 with Green Point / Sea point.

It would be really great to fly over that Buitenkant intersection instead of having to fight with the town and waterfront traffic.

The N3? In Cape Town?
 

hj2k_x

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One building is close but not in the way.
They will have to shorten some trees though
What about the hotel? It's directly in the way of where the unfinished part is meant to meet up with the other unfinished part, to make a flyover...
 

Nerfherder

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Dammit, man, the hotel! It's a massive great big Southern Sun hotel, and the Cullinan is next to it.
Na it's not in the way, the part that will join up is on the other side of the highway, the harbour side.
 

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Cape Town has a plan for its infamous unfinished freeway

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hj2k_x

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Na it's not in the way, the part that will join up is on the other side of the highway, the harbour side.
So the new road will run directly above the current road? Like a double-decker freeway?
 

access

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just join the part that is now a parking lot to the side that leads to greenpoint. there is nothing in the way. or is that parking lot a nice cash cow?

that will help a lot of traffic. big queues sitting at that traffic light turning right to greenpoint. you can then travel from mandela boulevard straight to greenpoint without stopping at the waterfront entrance traffic light.
 
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