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Road Closures Road Closures Saturday, 7 March 2020 Area Details Time of closure Cape Town CBD - Castle Street between Strand Street & Saturday, 12h00 – Darling Street Sunday, 14h30 - Darling Street between Lower Plein & Saturday, 15h00 – Buitenkant Street Sunday, 14h30 - Strand Street & Newmarket Street between Saturday, 21h00 – Lower Plein Street & Russel Road Sunday, 11h30 - Nelson Mandela Boulevard incoming Strand Saturday, 19h00 – Street off-ramp Sunday, 11h30 Green Point - Helen Suzman Boulevard from Beach Road Saturday, 14h00 – to Traffic Circle (City-bound carriageway) Sunday, 21h00 Noordhoek, Hout Bay - Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6) and Noordhoek Saturday, 18h00 – Road (M6) to Princess Street Sunday, 18h00 Sunday, 8 March 2020 Area Details Time of closure Cape Town CBD - Strand Street & Newmarket Street between 04h00 – 11h30 Adderley Street & Russel Road Cape Town CBD - Darling Street between Adderley Street & 04h00 – 14h30 Canterbury Street - Sir Lowry Rd between Canterbury Street & Christiaan Barnard Street Woodstock, University Estate - Phillip Kgosana Drive (M3) 05h30 – 12h30 o Outbound between Roodebloem Road and Hospital Bend. Traffic will be diverted to Main Road CBD, Woodstock - Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) Eastbound 05h30 – 12h30 Hospital Bend (N2, M3) - Settlers Way (N2) to Muizenberg (M3) ramp 05h30 – 12h30 Interchange (Southbound) - M3 on-ramp from Groote Schuur Hospital (Anzio Road - Southbound) Mowbray, Rondebosch, - M3 (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise 06h00 – 12h30 Newlands, Claremont, Road, Edinburgh Drive) Southbound Bishopscourt o Including all on-ramps between Nelson Mandela Boulevard up to Trovato Link Wynberg, Constantia, Tokai - M3 Freeway (Blue Route) 06h00 – 12h30 o Southbound, including all on-ramps between Trovato Link and Steenberg Road Tokai - Steenberg Road (M42) 06h15 – 12h30 o M3 off-ramp to Main Road Tokai, Lakeside, Muizenberg and - Main Road (M4) - Between Steenberg Road 06h15 – 15h00 False Bay Coast to Cape Point & Clairvaux Road and Scarborough - Main Road (M4) - Clairvaux Road to Fish 05h45 – 15h00 Hoek Traffic Circle - Main Road (M4) - Fish Hoek Traffic Circle to 05h45 – 15h00 Glen Road, Glencairn - Main Road (M4) - Glen Road to Simon’s 05h50 – 15h00 Town - Main Road (M4) - Simon’s Town to entrance 06h00 – 15h00 of Cape Point Nature Reserve - Main Road (M4) - Entrance of Cape Point 06h15 – 15h00 Nature Reserve (M4) to Perdekloof (M65) - Main Road (M4) - Perdekloof to Soetwater 06h30 – 15h00 Cape Point, Scarborough, - Slangkop Road (M82) 06h45 - 15h00 Kommetjie, Ocean View o Soetwater to Kommetjie Road (M65) Kommetjie, Ocean View, - Kommetjie Road (M65) 06h45 - 15h30 Masipumelele o Slangkop Road to Ou Kaapse Weg Extension Noordhoek, Sun Valley - Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) 06h45 - 15h30 o Kommetjie Road (M65) to Noordhoek Main Road Noordhoek, Sun Valley - Noordhoek Main Road (M6) 06h45 - 16h00 o Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) to base of Chapman’s Peak Drive Hout Bay, Llandudno, Camps - Victoria Road (M6) - Northbound and 07h00- 17h30 Bay, Bakoven Southbound o Princess Street, Hout Bay, to Camps Bay Camps Bay, Bantry Bay and - Victoria Road (M6) - Northbound and Clifton Southbound 07h30 - 17h30 o Between Houghton Road and Camps Bay Drive - Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and 05h00 - 17h45 Southbound o Between Camps Bay Drive and The Meadway Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay - Victoria Road (M6) - North and Southbound 07h30 - 18h00 o The Meadway to Lower Kloof Road Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay - Victoria Road (M6) - Northbound and 04h00 - 17h45 Southbound o Lower Kloof Road to Queens Road, Sea Point Bantry Bay, Sea Point - Queens Road (M6) 06h00 - 17h45 o Victoria Road to Beach Road Sea Point, Green Point & Mouille - Beach Road (M6) - City bound carriageway Point o Queens Road Circle to St Johns 04h00 - 19h30 Road - Beach Road (M6) - City bound carriageway 04h00 - 19h30 o St Johns Road to Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) - Beach Road and Beach Road towards Fritz Sonnenberg Road 04h00 – 19h30 Green Point area - Fritz Sonnenberg Road between Beach 07h30 – 18h30 Road and Granger Bay Boulevard, Green Point Circle. (Controlled Access point) Green Point area - Bill Peters Drive at Bay Road 04h00 - 21h00 LOCAL ACCESS ONLY Green Point area - Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) Saturday, 14h00 – o Eastbound from Beach Road to Sunday, 21h00 Green Point Traffic Circle The Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, organizers of the Cape Town Cycle Tour, appeal to all residents in Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point (including Victoria Road and Beach Road) not to park along the Main Road. Please use alternative side roads or designated parking areas. .
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