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YET ANOTHER ROADS CONTRACT AWARDED

2010-02-19

January 2010. With the award for the construction of yet a further section of Sandown Road, the opening up of the critically needed link between the West Coast Road (R27) and the N7 Freeway draws closer.

During the past 18 months much of this road infrastructure has been completed.

Province funded the replacement of the dangerous Potsdam / N7 intersection with a new M12 / N7 interchange, providing the eastern gateway to Parklands and the future Rivergate development.

The City responded by funding the bridge over the Diep River as well as the roads on either side of the bridge so as to connect the new interchange to the eastern end of Sandown Road in the future Rivergate. The bridge was completed during 2009 and the abutting roads are due for completion during April 2010.

And the developers in the area have responded by commissioning extensions to Parklands Main Road and Sandown Road that will provide the east-west link between the West Coast Freeway (to Saldanha Bay) and the N7 (to Malmesbury).

The first of the linking roads to be commissioned was the extension of Parklands Main Road - past Gie Road and up to its current position, just south of Sandown Road. Following shortly thereafter, Sandown Road was extended in an easterly direction from Builder’s Warehouse to Wood Drive.

And now, the next extension here has been awarded to Burger & Wallace Construction (Pty) Ltd. This portion will extend Sandown Road further east up to Gie Road, providing another welcome link for residents here. The contract, in an amount of R9.5 Million is due for completion during May 2010.

Thus far, some R155 Million has been or is in the process of being spent on these roads and bridges. And there’s more to come.

The final link, comprising a road-over-rail bridge as well as completing Sandown Road and the remaining link from Parklands Main Road in the south, are scheduled for completion by Nov 2011. This link, with an estimated cost of a further R38 Million will provide an east-west connection between the R27 and the N7 as well as opening up the eastern gateway to Sunningdale, Parklands, Sandown and Rivergate.

In the 3 year period leading up to the opening of this new traffic route, some R193 Million will have been spent on new roads by Province, The City of Cape Town and the developers here.

Tony Clarke - Marketing Director – Aska Property Group.