The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee confirmed has approved a recent request from the Urban Mobility Directorate for additional funding to reduce congestion on the City’s road network.
The City in a statement should the council approve, the additional funding will amount to R203,5 million, which will be available over the next three financial years ending 30 June 2025.
“This amount excludes the R72,8 million that will be available in the form of development contributions from private sector developers during this time,” the City said.
According to the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, the council made available R750 million in 2015 for a Congestion Relief Programme to address congestion in the Blaauwberg, Kuils River and Kommetjie areas. However, more funding is needed for more projects to address congestion on the City’s network.
“Now that the Mayoral Committee has approved this request, we will approach Council by the end of April for their approval as well,” Quintas said.
Should Council approve this request, the total amount budgeted on congestion relief projects would be R953,5 million, nearly a billion rand over a period of ten years.
Quintas further indicated that the City’s road network must enable the movement of people and goods and services, as congestion impedes productivity, and comes at a great cost to commuters in terms of time spent on the road and money for fuel.
“It is thus important that we build more capacity – be it additional lanes or missing road links to support economic activity and economic growth to stimulate job creation. This is pivotal in our efforts to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and in playing our part in combatting climate change,” Quintas added.
In the meantime, a similar report with details about the specific congestion relief projects and the status of ongoing projects will be submitted to Council in the latter part of this year.
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