Housing in Southern Africa April 2016

Infrastructure & Mixed Use

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for development in various other sectors.” SANRAL Project Manager, Renaldo Lorio, said: “Themajor benefit of this project will be to address the con- gestion in the Brackenfell and Kuils River areas where most of the traffic congestion occurs on Bottelary Road via La Belle and Old Oak Roads to the N1. Another benefit would be the development of an industrial area, resulting in the creation of perma- nent jobs and a boost to economic growth in the area.” The City’s Executive Mayor, Patri- cia de Lille stated: “We are especially grateful for the contribution fromour partners. While we have a responsi- bility to respond to the needs and growth in the city, merely building roads will not solve the problem as this only means more cars on the road. The key to the City’s congestion plan is behavioural change. Following a business-as-usual approach will only mean more traffic, continued frustration, and added pressure on our infrastructure.” De Lille added, “Tackling conges- tion will only be effective if all stake- holders work together to do things differently by changing our behaviour and the way we work and use our roads. We remain committed to ad- dressing congestionandwill continue to announce developments in our Congestion Relief Programme.” ■

April 2016