R70.7 million to Eliminate Eight Level Crossings

Oscar Thomas
25 October 2014

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has invested R70.7 million to eliminate eight level crossings.

The first phase of the project will include the building of an overhead bridge at Vlaeberg level crossing.

Erection of a footbridge for pedestrians at Lynedoch level crossing and an upgrading of Metrorail’s service road in the section between Vlaeberg and Vlottenberg to a provincial road. 

Ministerial Spokesperson Siphesihle Dube said Level crossings in this province have been the scene of some of the most horrific crashes and incidents threatening the safety of the road using public.

Dube said The Western Cape government, and our partners at PRASA and at municipal level, continue to look at ways in which to make level crossings safer, as well as ways in which we can move closer to the ideal where fewer and fewer vehicles have to make use of level crossings, as a means of safe passage over railway tracks.

“Our joint consolidation and elimination efforts are certainly a step in the right direction when it comes to increasing safety and compliance at level crossings Dube added.