{"id":299810,"date":"2026-04-16T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/?p=299810"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:12:31","slug":"toekomsplanne-vir-hugenote-tonnel-hang-steeds-van-tender-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/toekomsplanne-vir-hugenote-tonnel-hang-steeds-van-tender-af\/","title":{"rendered":"Toekomsplanne vir Hugenote-tonnel hang steeds van tender af"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die lankverwagte uitbreiding van die Hugenote-tonnel buite die Paarl bly vasgevang in die tenderfase, met geen bevestigde aanvangsdatum vir konstruksie nie, ondanks grootskaalse beleggings, tegnologiese opgraderings en selfs ambisieuse planne vir \u2019n ondergrondse wetenskaplike laboratorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Paarl Post<\/em> het vroe\u00ebr vanjaar berig dat die bou van die sogenaamde noordelike tonnel steeds nie aan \u2019n kontrakteur toegeken nie, al is die tender reeds in 2024 geadverteer. Die projek, wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap (Sanral) bestuur word, bly dus steeds in limbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opgraderings\">Opgraderings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoewel die nuwe tonnel nog nie begin is nie, het Sanral die afgelope paar jaar aansienlik bel\u00ea in die opgradering van die bestaande (suidelike) tonnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens die agentskap se &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nra.co.za\/uploads\/177\/Milestones%20In%20Motion%20WR%202024.pdf\">Milestones in Motion-dokument<\/a>&#8221; van 2024 sluit voltooide verbeterings onder meer in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nuwe boodskapborde en LED-padtekens om beter met padgebruikers te kommunikeer;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meganiese dempers in die tonnel se plafon vir vinniger rookonttrekking in noodgevalle;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die vervanging van sowat 6 000 ligte met energiedoeltreffende LED-ligte; en<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opgradering van skakeltoerusting wat die elektriese stroom in die tonnel sal reguleer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanral het oor die afgelope vyf jaar ongeveer R426 miljoen bestee aan padveiligheid en operasionele verbeterings in die tonnel, luidens die dokument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-verbeteringe-in-die-pyplyn\">Verbeteringe in die pyplyn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Verskeie nuwe opgraderings word ook beplan om veiligheid en doeltreffendheid verder te verbeter. 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Dit sal nie net verkeersvloei verbeter nie, maar ook veiligheid aansienlik verhoog op die besige N1-roete tussen die Paarl en Worcester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lees-ook-noordelike-hugenote-tonnel-buite-die-paarl-steeds-in-tenderfase\">LEES OOK: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordelike-hugenote-tonnel-buite-die-paarl-steeds-in-tenderfase\/\">Noordelike Hugenote-tonnel buite die Paarl steeds in tenderfase<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanral se uitvoerende hoof, Reginald Demana, het in die &#8220;Milestones in Motion-dokument&#8221; bevestig dat die planne tans in die ontwerpfase is en dat die tweede tonnel die infrastruktuur in lyn sal bring met internasionale beste praktyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-paarl-africa-underground-laboratory\">Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Intussen is daar ook planne om die tonnel se unieke ondergrondse omgewing vir gevorderde navorsing te gebruik met \u2019n ondergrondse wetenskaplike laboratorium genaamd Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory (Paul) wat moontlik teen 2027 ontwikkel kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"822\" data-attachment-id=\"48912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/dark-matter-lab-planed-for-2027-at-hugenot-tunnel-20240216\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"775,822\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;SYSTEM&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The inside of the North Bore service tunnel to the Huguenot Tunnel in the Du Toits Kloof Mountains of the Western Cape. An engineering feasibility study will determine the viability of establishing the Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory just off this tunnel as part of the South African National Roads Agency\u2019s (Sanral) plans to upgrade the North Bore tunnel to lower traffic volumes in the existing South Bore tunnel. Photo: Richard Newman &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  &lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d.jpg\" alt=\"TONNEL\" class=\"wp-image-48912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d.jpg 775w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bb88dba0efb74622913e4cd4e5a8ba2d-768x815.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Die noordelike tonnel. Foto: Argief\/ Richard Newman<\/sup> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die laboratorium sal naby die noordelike tonnel gevestig word en wetenskaplikes in staat stel om eksperimente diep onder die grond uit te voer, soos die soeke na subatomiese deeltjies waaruit donker materie bestaan, weg van alledaagse steurings op die aarde se oppervlak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Richard Newman, &#8216;n kernfisikus van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se fisika-departement, wat die projek bestuur, het destyds aan <em>Paarl Post <\/em>verduidelik dat die laboratorium die eerste van sy soort in Afrika sal wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lees-ook-dark-matter-lab-planned-for-2027-at-hugenot-tunnel\">LEES OOK: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/dark-matter-lab-planed-for-2027-at-hugenot-tunnel-20240216\/\">Dark-matter lab planned for 2027 at Hugenot Tunnel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Newman het intussen teruggetree as projekbestuurder terwyl prof. 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