South Africa: $1.4mn fund earmarked to restore Bosmansdam road

An investment of around USD 1.4 million has been earmarked towards the rehabilitation of the existing Bosmansdam road around the Century City precinct and extension of the cycle lane towards the N7 freeway.

South Africa's City of Cape Town has declared the gigantic amount to be invested in the rehabilitation of Bosmansdam road. The funds come after the Century City developer in May 2018 invested about US $ 2.8m in the widening of the road, as reported by Construction Review Online.

The project of rehabilitating Bosmansdam road is said to be a key link to ever-expanding Century City zone that houses retail, business and housing space with the intention of improving congestion and to support the developments taking place within and around Century City.

"This stretch of Bosmansdam road carries a high volume of traffic to and from Century City and the Edgemead area. Thus, the widening is significantly improving peak-traffic flows for those living and working in the area. Thanks to the upgrade the safety of other road users like pedestrians has also been improved," City of Cape Town's Mayoral Committee Member for Transport Felicity Purchase opined.

Minor works, among which the installation of traffic lights, will be finalized in due course while works on the extension of the cycle lane is to start soon, according to the above-mentioned source.

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