The City of Cape Town\u2019s Council endorsed a Congestion Management Programme on Thursday that will aim to address traffic congestion problems in the city.<\/p>\n
The Congestion Management Programme sets out the expenditure, infrastructure projects and other interventions to improve the traffic situation.<\/p>\n
In November, the city\u2019s Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille committed an additional R750m over a period of five years for road infrastructure projects to alleviate the major pressure points in the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe R750m will be spent in accordance with the Congestion Management Programme which was approved by council today.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe programme prioritises the congestion points and specifies how the city will begin to address this \u2013 not only in terms of infrastructure, but also in terms of operations and behavioural change,\u201d said the city\u2019s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Brett Herron.<\/p>\n
The R750m will be spent as follows:<\/p>\n
According to Herron they are aware that building their way out of congestion problems might not be a long term solution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only sustainable solution is to have significantly fewer private vehicles on our roads,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
He also added that for private vehicle owners to make more use of public transport will require them to establish other reliable and attractive travel alternatives across the city to give people in private cars realistic choices.<\/p>\n
Blaauwberg, Kuils River and Kommetjie have been identified as the three growth areas the most in need of intervention.<\/p>\n
The following infrastructure projects have been prioritised:<\/p>\n
The Congestion Management Programme also identifies the worst congested areas in relation to freight movement, business traffic and public transport services and as such the following roads are prioritised:<\/p>\n
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