{"id":270872,"date":"2025-10-17T16:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/?p=270872"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:38:02","slug":"du-toitskloof-pass-to-reopen-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/du-toitskloof-pass-to-reopen-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Du Toitskloof Pass to reopen in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PAARL &#8211; <\/strong>Good progress is being made on a R138 million Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (DOI) project to carry out periodic maintenance on a 21km stretch of the Du Toitskloof Pass (R101) between Paarl and Rawsonville. The project is scheduled for completion in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe R101, better known as Du Toitskloof Pass, which links Paarl to Rawsonville was closed to traffic on 1 September 2025 and was scheduled to reopen at the end of October 2025 under traffic accommodation,\u201d said Jandr\u00e9 Bakker, DOI\u2019s director of operational support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDue to an incident in the Huguenot Tunnel, we had to halt certain works to allow traffic to traverse the pass as an alternative to the N1. Once the tunnel was reopened, we could close the pass again to continue works, but this has set back our planned reopening date to 10 November 2025. Road users should factor this into their travel plans,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Removalofdamagedtunn_20901.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Du Toitskloof Pass is set to reopen during November 2025 according to the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure. 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