Motorists can expect Kloof Road, which links Camps Bay Drive with Round House Road in Camps Bay, to reopen by mid-December as rehabilitation work on the storm-damaged route remains on schedule.

The City said steady progress was being made despite challenging terrain and the area’s environmentally sensitive conditions.

The section was closed after the embankment supporting Kloof Road was destabilised during a Level-9 storm in September 2023.

Further damage occurred in 2024, when heavy rainfall caused an additional slip failure during the winter season.

Kloof Road links the City Bowl with the Atlantic Seaboard suburbs of Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point.

Rob Quintas, Mayco member for Urban Mobility, said he had visited the site recently and was pleased with the progress made in meeting the December deadline.

“Great care is taken as we are working in an environmentally sensitive area. We undertook a search and rescue exercise to locate and exhume indigenous plant species and took a variety of clippings. These are being looked after at a nursery and will be transplanted at the site after the slopes have been reconstructed.”

He said the stormwater culverts were also being upgraded.

“The relocation of the water pipe in the work area is nearly done by our colleagues from the Water and Sanitation Directorate and is now being tested before it is reconnected to the existing water main. We are grateful for the good weather of the past few days, which also helps to get the work done.”

Quintas said the road is expected to reopen to traffic by mid-December, provided there are no weather-related or other unforeseen delays.

The contractor was carefully planning work around winter weather conditions and using temporary drainage, sandbags and berms to protect the site during heavy rain and strong winds.

Work to date

Quintas said work to date included clearing the site, rescuing indigenous plants for replanting, and excavation and preparation work for the gabion walls had been completed.

He added that the soil nail drilling at the larger slope failure was finished, the first gabion row had been completed with work underway on the second, while drilling at the smaller slope failure is nearing completion.

Project details

He said the 11-month project focuses solely on repairing the storm-damaged road, with no additional upgrades such as walking or cycling lanes planned.

Utility services are being relocated or protected during construction, while the steep terrain, difficult site access and extent of the damage have extended the repair timeline.

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